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Primary Election - Eligibility Requirements (Party Enrollment)

In a Primary Election, only voters registered with one of the parties holding a primary election may vote to nominate their party's candidate to run in the general election. (For example: you must be a registered Democrat to vote in the Democratic Presidential Primary on February 5, 2008.)

Voters registered without party affiliation may vote only in General and Special Elections.

To Change Your Party Affiliation:

You can change your party affiliation by obtaining a Voter Registration Form, filling out the form completely, checking the party enrollment box for the primary you want to vote in, and sending it to the Board of Elections.

You cannot CHANGE your NY party enrollment and vote in that party's primary in the same year. A change of enrollment will go into affect one week following the General Election. The last day to change your enrollment is the same as the last day to register for the General Election (25 days prior to the date of the General Election). (For example: you must change your party enrollment by October 30, 2007 in order to be eligible to vote in that party's Presidential Primary election on February 5, 2007.)

New Voters or Moved from Another State

If you are not registered to vote in NY, you can choose your party when you register to vote and be eligible to vote in that party's primary. In other words, the above rule about party registration does not apply when you are a new voter in NY even if you were registered with a different party in another state.

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