WDT: Bill to consolidate primary elections in New York moves to the Senate

    When you hear it said Albany is saving $50M by consolidating federal, state and local primary elections on one day, please realize they always were on one day till a couple years ago, New York's dilly dallying on complying with required timely mailing of absentees prompted a federal judge to move the federal primaries to June, leaving other primaries in September.

    This created two separate petition periods and two separate voting days should there be primaries for Congress or US Senate.
     Many years ago, primaries were early but Albany moved them to September for some political reason I can't remember.
     


Watertown Daily Times | Bill to consolidate primary elections in New York moves to the Senate