STATE OF NEW YORK
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9675
IN SENATE
May 17, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- (at request of the State Board of Elections)
-- 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 primary elections with
only uncontested elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 8-402 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. In the case of a primary election, the board shall deliver only the
5 ballot of the party in which the records of the board of elections show
6 the applicant to be enrolled. In the event a primary election is uncon-
7 tested in the applicant's election district for all offices or positions
8 [except the party position of member of the ward, town, city or county
9 committee], no ballot shall be delivered to such applicant for such
10 election; and the applicant shall be advised why [he is] they are not
11 being sent a ballot.
12 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 8-702 of the election law, as added by
13 chapter 481 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
14 3. In the case of a primary election, the board of elections shall
15 deliver only the ballot of the party in which the records of the board
16 of elections show the applicant to be enrolled. In the event a primary
17 election is uncontested in the applicant's election district for all
18 offices or positions [except the party position of member of the ward,
19 town, city or county committee], no ballot shall be delivered to such
20 applicant for such election; and the applicant shall be advised why they
21 are not being sent a ballot.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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