N.Y.
Election Law Section 8-100
Elections
- dates of and hours for voting
1.
* (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 nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year shall be made at such primary. In the year two thousand twenty-four 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 presidential primary, shall be held on April second, two thousand twenty-four unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates and alternate delegates to the national convention. * NB Effective until December 31, 2024 * (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 nominations 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 be held on the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. * NB Effective December 31, 2024 (b) In the event a run-off primary election is required in the city of New York, it shall be held on the fourth Tuesday next succeeding the date on which the initial primary election was held.(c)
The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November.2.
Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a primary election from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; the general election from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided by law, every other election, from six o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock in the evening; early voting hours shall be as provided in title six of this article. Early voting times shall be as provided in § 8-600 (Early voting)section 8-600 of this article.3.
In any election district in which a primary of any party is uncontested, no primary of such party shall be held. In any election district in which the primaries of all parties are uncontested on the day of any primary election, no primaries shall be held on such day and the polling place shall not be opened for voting.4.
No primary, special or general election for any state or local office or for the election of officers of any corporation which is funded in whole or in part by federal, state or municipal moneys shall be held on a Saturday or Sunday.
Source:
Section 8-100 — Elections; dates of and hours for voting, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ELN/8-100 (updated Sep. 22, 2023; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).
