N.Y. Election Law § 8-100: Elections; dates of and hours for voting

§ 8-100. Elections; dates of and hours for voting. 1. (a) A primary

election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June before every

general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature.

Members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders

and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be

elected shall be elected at such primary and all nominations for public

office required to be made at a primary election in such year shall be

made at such primary. In each year in which electors of president and

vice president of the United States are to be elected an additional

primary election, to be known as the spring primary, shall be held on

the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise changed by an act of the

legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national

convention.

(b) In the event a run-off primary election is required in the city of

New York, it shall be held on the fourth Tuesday next succeeding the

date on which the initial primary election was held.

(c) The general election shall be held annually on the Tuesday next

succeeding the first Monday in November.

2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a

primary election from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in

the evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until

nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor

pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided

by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine

o'clock in the evening; early voting hours shall be as provided in title

six of this article. Early voting times shall be as provided in section

8-600 of this article.

3. In any election district in which a primary of any party is

uncontested, no primary of such party shall be held. In any election

district in which the primaries of all parties are uncontested on the

day of any primary election, no primaries shall be held on such day and

the polling place shall not be opened for voting.

4. No primary, special or general election for any state or local

office or for the election of officers of any corporation which is

funded in whole or in part by federal, state or municipal moneys shall

be held on a Saturday or Sunday.