STATE OF NEW YORK
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3596--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
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:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 113 of the laws of 2023, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (f) Notice [that political] in bold and prominent type, stating: "The
5 state of New York practices a closed party primary system. Political
6 party enrollment is optional, but [that,] in order to vote in a primary
7 election of a political party, a voter must enroll in that political
8 party, unless state party rules allow [otherwise] otherwise".
9 § 2. This act shall take effect 2 years after it shall have become a
10 law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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