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Assembly Bill A10389

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections

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2023-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S944
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-100, El L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A7168, S6799

2023-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

2023-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10389
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to prohibiting a court
   from bifurcating certain primary elections
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) NO COURT SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER CHANGING THE DATE  OF  A  PRIMARY
 ELECTION  WHICH  BIFURCATES  THE OFFICES AND POSITIONS TO BE ELECTED AND
 NOMINATIONS TO BE MADE AS PART OF THE SAME PRIMARY ELECTION PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PRESI-
 DENTIAL PRIMARY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02229-03-4

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