New bill would set NY's presidential primary earlier, increasing state's influence over Democrats

The law would also reduce the number of days of early voting but add additional hours to make up for the Easter holiday.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins are co-sponsors of the legislation to formalize New York's April 2 primary date.The bill also proposes changes to the early voting calendar, reducing it from nine days to only eight. Early voting for the upcoming presidential primary would begin on Sunday, March 23 and run through Saturday, March 30, under the proposal. There would be no early voting on Sunday, March 31 in observance of Easter Sunday.

“We have some concerns about the choice of Holy Week in general for early voting, and Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday in particular,” Proust told Gothamist. “We are, however, grateful that early voting would end prior to Easter Sunday.”

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