ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Although Super Tuesday has ended, New Yorkers still have time until they vote in the presidential primary, but some important due dates are approaching.

In New York State, residents must be registered to vote at least 25 days before whatever election they want to vote.

The presidential primary is on April 19, the federal primary election is June 28, the local primary election is September 13, and the general election is November 8.

There is still time to register to vote, but it is too late to change political parties.

In states like Massachusetts and Vermont, regardless of the registered political party, residents can pick which primary to vote in. But New York has a closed primary.

“You must be in the party where you are registered in order to vote in that party’s primary,” Barbara Bartoletti with the League of Women Voters said.

Those not registered with a party cannot vote in a primary.

“The problem there that a lot of people don’t understand is that if you are registered as a blank, you can’t vote in any primary,” Bartoletti said.

Because of the controversy surrounding the 2016 presidential election, some people are trying to do something out of the ordinary.

“This is a year unlike any year in my lifetime,” Bartoletti said. “I mean, it is really an unusual year.”

Larry Bugbee, Rensselaer County Board of Elections Republican Commissioner, said many people are trying to party jump.

“Even though I was a republican, I could have voted on the Democratic Party ballot, and I could have basically tried to sabotage the Democratic Party,” he explained.

It’s easy to do in states with an open primary, but much more difficult in New York.

“If you wanted to change parties, you’re really too late now,” Bartoletti said.

The deadline to change parties and still be able to vote in the presidential primary has passed.

“In New York State, you have to go through a general election before you can change your enrollment,” Bugbee said.

Therefore, a voter would’ve had to change their party in October 2015 to vote in their new party in this year’s elections.

Changing parties so close to an election is an attempt to sabotage the nominee of the competing party.

But there is somewhat of a loophole.

“The only people who can choose a party are brand new registered voters,” Bugbee said.

If a voter has just turned 18-years-old and are registering for the first time, or if they’re moving to a different county and need to change their address, then they can change their party, too.