Sponsorship

A.6430 - SILVER, WRIGHT, TEDISCO, FARRELL, CANESTRARI, alessi, alfano, arroyo, aubertine, barclay, barra, brennan, cahill, carrozza, clark, conte, cook, cusick, delmonte, destito, eddington, espaillat, galef, hevesi, hoyt, john, kolb, lavine, lentol, lifton, lopez v, magnarelli, markey, morelle, oaks, o`donnell, pheffer, pretlow, ramos, reilly, rivera j, rivera n, rivera p, seminerio, stirpe, weisenberg / S.3544 - BRUNO, GRIFFO, ADAMS, ALESI, BONACIC, BRESLIN, CONNOR, DEFRANCISCO, DIAZ,
DILAN, DUANE, FARLEY, FLANAGAN, FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN, GONZALEZ, HANNON,
HUNTLEY, JOHNSON C, JOHNSON O, KLEIN, KRUEGER, KRUGER, LANZA, LARKIN,
LAVALLE, LEIBELL, LIBOUS, LITTLE, MALTESE, MARCELLINO, MAZIARZ,
MONTGOMERY, MORAHAN, NOZZOLIO, OPPENHEIMER, PADAVAN, PARKER, PERKINS,
RATH, ROBACH, SABINI, SALAND, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SCHNEIDERMAN, SERRANO,
SEWARD, SKELOS, SMITH, STACHOWSKI, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS,
THOMPSON, TRUNZO, VALESKY, VOLKER, WINNER, WRIGHT, YOUNG, ADAMS.

Memorandum in Support

BILL NUMBER:A6430

TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the date for the spring primary for election of electors of president and vice president of the United States

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill moves the spring primary for the election of electors of president and vice president of the United States up one month from March to February.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends Election Law S 8-100(1)(a) to change the date of the spring primary for the election of electors of president and vice president of the United States from March to February.

The change in the date of the primary will result in a change in the timeframe for circulating and filing presidential petitions. Petitions could be circulated from October 30 to December 6, 2007 (Election Law S 6-134{4}) and must be filed with the board of elections December 3 through December 6, 2007 (Election Law S 6-158{1}).

Section 2: Is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION: Numerous states have moved, or are considering moving, their presidential primary to an earlier date. Specifically, other influential states that have similar demographic profiles and similar public-policy issues to New York State`s are contemplating shifting their primaries to February 5. A similar change will give New Yorkers an early voice in the selection of the best presidential candidates for the state and the nation and will reflect New York`s impact on and importance to our nation.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: None.

FISCAL IMPLICATION: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.