NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9310
SPONSOR: Dais TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the
presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March
PURPOSE:
Changes the presidential primary date in New York to Super Tuesday
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
election law to change the presidential primary date to the first Tues-
day in March.
Section 2: Sets effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
"Super Tuesday" is a term used by pundits and press to describe the
Tuesday in a primary season when the largest number of states vote, and
thus the biggest share of delegates is allocated. Super Tuesday is typi-
cally the first Tuesday in March.
This legislation seeks to move New York's presidential primary to coin-
cide with Super Tuesday to increase the state's influence in the
national nominating process. States that vote earlier in the primary
calendar play a more consequential role in shaping each party's presi-
dential contest. By holding its primary on Super Tuesday, when many of
the nation's most influential states cast their ballots, New York would
ensure that its voters have a meaningful voice while the nomination
remains competitive. Increasing the state's influence in the national
process would, in turn, encourage heavier campaigning in New York, which
can help boost voter awareness and turnout.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9310
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. DAIS -- 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 first Tuesday in March
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June
5 before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the
6 legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly
7 district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party
8 positions to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all nomi-
9 nations for public office required to be made at a primary election in
10 such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which electors
11 of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected
12 an additional primary election[, to be known as the spring primary,]
13 shall also be held on the first Tuesday in [February] March unless
14 otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of
15 electing delegates to the national convention.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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