The League of Women Voters, has filed Suit seeking to combine the New York’s Primary Elections, scheduled weeks apart due to the Upheaval surrounding the Redistricting Process this year.
Currently, Primary Voters are set to vote in Two separate Elections:
- State Assembly and Statewide, Primaries will remain on June 28th.
- The Primary Elections for the State Senate and Congressional Races has been moved to Aug. 23rd.
A Full Statewide Primary usually Costs as much as $30 million, and Local Elections Officials, have said more Money will be needed to Administer the additional Election.
The Organization’s Suit seeks to move the State Assembly and Statewide Primaries to Aug. 23rd, in order to save Money, and reduce Voter Confusion.
“The State Board of Elections, apparently with the support of the leaders of both major political parties, put in place a deliberately exclusionary electoral regime for statewide offices designed to limit further competition in the primary and from independent candidates in the general election,” said Laura Ladd Bierman, the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters.
“Our suit requests the Court to order the postponement of the statewide primary from June 28 to August 23, 2022 – the same date as State Senate and Congressional primaries — and extend the deadline for gathering signatures for both the party primaries and independent candidates seeking to qualify for the general election.”
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