Assembly Bill A908

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Warns voters about New York's closed primary system on voter registration forms

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A908 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5735
2019-2020: A3504

2021-A908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides voters with a warning about New York's closed primary system on voter registration forms.

2021-A908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    908
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CARROLL, BENEDETTO, COLTON, ABINANTI, DINOWITZ,
   RICHARDSON, SIMON, L. ROSENTHAL --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to notifying voters that
   New York practices a closed primary system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (f)  of  subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
 election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (f)  Notice [that political] IN BOLD AND PROMINENT TYPE, STATING: "THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK PRACTICES A CLOSED  PARTY  PRIMARY  SYSTEM.  POLITICAL
 party  enrollment is optional, but [that,] in order to vote in a primary
 election of a political party, a voter must  enroll  in  that  political
 party, unless state party rules allow [otherwise] OTHERWISE".
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05359-01-1

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