New York A 4421: Relates to primary elections and moving the date of the presidential primary

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A04421 Summary:

BILL NOA04421 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMolitor

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COSPNSRGallahan, Smullen, DeStefano, Sempolinski, Blankenbush

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6-158 & 8-100, El L

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Changes the primary election date from the fourth Tuesday in June to the second Tuesday in August; moves the presidential primary to the fourth Tuesday in April.

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BILL NOA04421 

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02/04/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4421

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to primary elections and
 moving the date of the presidential primary

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 9, 11 and 12 of section 6-158 of the election
 2 law, as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled
 5 at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than [twen-
 6 ty-four] seventeen weeks and not later than [twenty-three] sixteen weeks
 7 preceding such election. A petition for an independent nomination for an
 8 office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not later than
 9 twelve days following the issuance of a proclamation of such election,
 10 provided however, such certificate shall be filed not later than nine
 11 days following the issuance of a proclamation of a special election held
 12 pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section forty-two of the
 13 public officers law.
 14 11. A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent nomi-
 15 nation for an office to be filled at the time of a general election
 16 shall be filed not later than the third day after the [twenty-third]
 17 sixteenth Tuesday preceding such election except that a candidate who
 18 files such a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there
 19 have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one
 20 candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certif-
 21 icate of declination not later than the third day after the primary
 22 election. A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent
 23 nomination for an office to be filled at a special election shall be
 24 filed not later than fourteen days following the issuance of a proclama-
 25 tion of such election, provided however, such certificate shall be filed

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06769-01-5

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 1 not later than eleven days following the issuance of a proclamation of a
 2 special election held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of
 3 section forty-two of the public officers law.
 4 12. A certificate to fill a vacancy caused by a declination of an
 5 independent nomination for an office to be filled at the time of a
 6 general election shall be filed not later than the sixth day after the
 7 [twenty-third] sixteenth Tuesday preceding such election. A certificate
 8 to fill a vacancy caused by a declination of an independent nomination
 9 for an office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not
 10 later than sixteen days following the issuance of a proclamation of such
 11 election, provided however, such certificate shall be filed not later
 12 than thirteen days following the issuance of a proclamation of a special
 13 election held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section
 14 forty-two of the public officers law.
 15 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the election
 16 law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 17 follows:
 18 (a) A primary election shall be held on the [fourth] second Tuesday in
 19 [June] August before every general election unless otherwise changed by
 20 an act o