Bill Text: NY A05735 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 5735 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides voters with a warning about New York's closed primary system on voter registration forms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.404 [A05735 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05735-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5735--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CARROLL,  BENEDETTO, HARRIS, COLTON, MOSLEY,
          D'URSO, ROSENTHAL, BLAKE, DINOWITZ, RICHARDSON --  Multi-Sponsored  by
          -- M. of A. LENTOL, SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on  Election  Law  -- 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 179 of the laws of 2005, 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 immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09561-04-7