N.Y. Const. art. I, § 1: Rights, privileges and franchise secured; uncontested primary elections

ARTICLE I

Bill of Rights

Section 1. No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived

of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof,

unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his or her peers,

except that the legislature may provide that there shall be no primary

election held to nominate candidates for public office or to elect

persons to party positions for any political party or parties in any

unit of representation of the state from which such candidates or

persons are nominated or elected whenever there is no contest or

contests for such nominations or election as may be prescribed by

general law.