As of April 2, members of the New York State Legislature, which includes the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those four bills, legislators passed one during the week of March 27-April 2. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is:
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NY A05057: Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions, click the hyperlinked bill for list of sponsors.
- As introduced, this bill requires a designating petition be filed no earlier than the Wednesday before and no later than the Monday before the primary election.
Of the four bills passed this year, four have been enacted. This is one more than this point a year ago. Democrats sponsored three bills, while a group of bipartisan legislators sponsored one. The bills are:
