Bill Text: NY S04780 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides voters with a warning about New York's closed primary system on voter registration forms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-15 - PRINT NUMBER 4780B [S04780 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04780-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4780--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 -- 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. LBD09561-05-7
