Bill > S2133

This bill, effective January 1, 2028, amends several election laws to adjust the timelines for filing declarations of candidacy, nomination papers, and objections to those papers, as well as the date of primary elections. Specifically, it changes the deadlines for candidates to declare their intention to run and for their nomination papers to be filed and challenged, often by shifting them earlier in relation to primary and general elections, and also modifies the date of primary elections to the ninth Tuesday before biennial state elections, with a provision to hold it on the Wednesday after Labor Day if the ninth Tuesday falls on that day. The bill also introduces new timelines for decisions on objections to nomination papers, differentiating between those for primary elections and those not participating in primaries, and clarifies procedures for handling holidays during filing periods.

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