New York S 7386: Provides that the fall primary day in 2018 shall be the first Thursday following the second Monday in September

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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7386
IN SENATE
January 11, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the day of the fall
primary; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the
expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 17 of the laws of 2007, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) A primary election, to be known as the fall primary, shall be held
5 on the first [ ] after the second Monday in SeptemberTuesday Thursday
6 before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the
7 legislature. In each year in which electors of president and vice presi-
8 dent of the United States are to be elected an additional primary
9 election, to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on the first
10 Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the legisla-
11 ture, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention,
12 members of state and county committees and assembly district leaders and
13 associate assembly district leaders.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed December 31, 2018.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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