Two New York Democratic State Senators, James Skoufis and Brad Hoylman, have introduced SB 437. It would move the New York presidential primary from April to late June, so that the primary for other office would be combined with the presidential primary.
Ironically, if the bill were enacted, it would conflict with Republican and Democratic national rules, which do not permit presidential primaries later than the first week of June.
In 2020, New York held presidential primaries in late June, and the national parties overlooked the rules transgression. New York had cancelled its presidential primaries in 2020, but then the state courts had ruled the cancellation was unlawful, so they were held late.
Why that rule? The 2024 Republican convention isn’t until mid July.
(Dems convention TBD)
Notice how the party that controls the state legislature gets to determine when to hold a primary that is best for its party, but not necessarily any other party.
Would this change the petition circulating period for minor party and independent candidates if it passes?
Why?
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/s437
It’s so half-baked they didn’t even bother updating the language from some other cookie-cutter bill someone wants him to push.
BILL NUMBER: S437
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the
presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries
PURPOSE:
To allow the minimum distance between car dealerships to be based on
driving mileage, rather than linear distance, when the dealerships are
on opposite sides of the Hudson River.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends section 462 of the vehicle and traffic law to change
the definition of relevant market area to allow new or relocated motor
vehicle dealerships to open within less than 10 miles of an existing
motor vehicle dealership if the dealerships are located on opposite
sides of the Hudson River and the shortest driving distance between the
existing and proposed dealership is at least 10 miles.
The Assembly version of the bill moves only the primary date. No other changes.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/a1109
Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, TAYLOR — read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the
presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June
before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the
legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly
district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party
positions to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all nomi-
nations for public office required to be made at a primary election in
such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which electors
of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected
an additional primary election[, to be known as the spring primary,]
shall ALSO be held on the [first] FOURTH Tuesday in [February] JUNE
unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose
of electing delegates to the national convention.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Andy, good question. The bill wouldn’t change the petitioning period for independent candidates and the nominees of unqualified parties. The deadline in the existing law says the petition deadline is 23 weeks before the general election, so the primary date is not part of that calculation.
That hurts Sanders, whose big crowds and movement politics made headway in Brooklyn in 16 and Queens in 20. Whole field is tilting towards establishment Democrats. Hope to see lots of D’s turn to I’s. Check out the Independent National Convention http://www.INC23.us early bird tix available.
Sanders is running again?
IMO, both Biden and Trump are already too old.
Sanders is a 112 year old commie whackjob. Give it up.