Bill > H7089

This bill, effective January 1, 2028, amends several election laws to adjust the deadlines for filing candidacy declarations, nomination papers, and objections to those papers, as well as the date of primary elections. Specifically, it changes the days candidates must file their declarations of candidacy, alters the timeframe for when nomination papers are prepared and furnished to candidates, and modifies the deadlines for submitting and objecting to nomination papers for both local and federal/state candidates. The bill also shifts the date of the primary election from the eighth to the ninth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections, with a provision for the primary to be held on the Wednesday after Labor Day if the ninth Tuesday falls on the day after Labor Day.

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