Senate Bill S5447

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of election districts and deployment of voting systems; repealer

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 17, 2010	signed chap.512
Sep 07, 2010	delivered to governor
Jun 28, 2010	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.765 substituted for a8692c
Jun 02, 2010	referred to election law
Jun 01, 2010	delivered to assembly passed senate
May 10, 2010	amended on third reading 5447c
Apr 19, 2010	advanced to third reading
Apr 14, 2010	2nd report cal.
Apr 13, 2010	1st report cal.366
Apr 08, 2010	print number 5447b
Apr 08, 2010	amend (t) and recommit to elections
Mar 25, 2010	print number 5447a
Mar 25, 2010	amend (t) and recommit to elections
Jan 06, 2010	referred to elections
May 06, 2009	referred to elections

Votes

- Jun 1, 2010 - Floor Vote
  S5447
  
  Aye
  
  32
  
  Nay
  
  29
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2010
      
      aye (32)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Aubertine
      
      Breslin
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Foley
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Onorato
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Serrano
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (29)
      
      Alesi
      
      Bonacic
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Johnson
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Leibell
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Padavan
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Volker
      
      Winner
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Morahan
  Apr 13, 2010 - Elections Committee Vote
  S5447
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Elections Committee Vote: Apr 13, 2010
      
      aye (4)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Dilan
      
      Foley
      
      Serrano
      
      nay (1)
      
      Libous
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Griffo
      
      excused (1)
      
      Morahan

Bill Amendments

Original

C (Active)

2009-S5447 - Details

Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-100 & 4-104, rpld §4-100 sub 6, El L

2009-S5447 - Summary

Relates to the creation of election districts; provides that deployment of voting systems, election workers and election resources shall be in sufficient number to accommodate the numbers of voters eligible to vote in such polling place.

2009-S5447 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5447 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5447

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating poll sites

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivisions  3-a,  4,  6 and 9 of section 4-104 of the
election law, subdivision 3-a as added by chapter 694  of  the  laws  of
1989  and subdivision 9 as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, are
amended and subdivision 5 is amended by adding a new  paragraph  (d)  to
read as follows:
  3-a.  [In  cities  with populations of more than one hundred thousand,
any] ANY person or entity which controls a  building  for  which  a  tax
exemption, tax abatement, subsidy, grant or loan for construction, reno-
vation,  rehabilitation  or operation has been provided by any agency of
the state or any political subdivision thereof on or after the effective
date of this subdivision shall agree to make available for  registration
and  voting  purposes the room or rooms in such building which the board
or body empowered to designate polling places  determines  are  suitable
for  registration  and  voting,  are  accessible  to physically disabled
voters and are as close as possible to a  convenient  entrance  to  such
building.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any agency of the
state or any political subdivision thereof may deny a tax exemption, tax
abatement, subsidy, grant or loan for construction, renovation, rehabil-
itation  or  operation to a building in any such city which is otherwise
eligible for such exemption, abatement, subsidy, grant or  loan  if  the
person  or  entity which controls such building refuses to agree to make
available for registration and voting purposes the room or rooms in such
building which the board or body empowered to designate  polling  places
determines  are  suitable for registration and voting, are accessible to
physically disabled voters and are as close as possible to a  convenient
entrance  to such building. The provisions of this subdivision shall not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10566-01-9

S. 5447                             2

apply to buildings used solely for residential  purposes  which  contain
less than twenty-five dwelling units.
  4.  Where  an  election district is so situated or the only facilities
available therein are such that public convenience would  be  served  by
establishing  a  polling  place outside such district, the board or body
empowered by this chapter to [establish election districts] DESIGNATE  A
POLLING PLACE may SO designate a polling place in [a contiguous] ANOTHER
ELECTION district WITHIN THE SAME TOWN OR CITY.
  (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, POLLING PLAC-
ES  DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT THAT WILL BE UTILIZING
ANY VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM CERTIFIED AFTER APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
NINE  FOR  USE  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  CHAPTER  ONE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE, MAY BE THE POLLING PLACE OF
ANY OTHER DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS, PROVIDED THE VOTING SYSTEM USED IN SUCH
POLLING PLACE PRODUCES  SEPARATE  AND  DISTINCT  VOTE  TOTALS  FOR  EACH
ELECTION DISTRICT VOTING IN SUCH POLLING PLACE ON SUCH VOTING MACHINE OR
SYSTEM.
  6. Each polling place designated, whenever practicable, shall be situ-
ated  on  the main or ground floor of the premises selected. It shall be
of sufficient area to admit and comfortably accommodate [at  least  ten]
voters  [at  one  time  and  to  allow for the placement in such meeting
place, of booths, furniture  and  equipment,  as  provided  by  law]  IN
NUMBERS  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS AND PRIVACY
BOOTHS, PURSUANT TO TITLE 9 NYCRR, SUBTITLE V. SUCH DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING
SYSTEMS, ELECTION WORKERS AND ELECTION RESOURCES SHALL BE  IN  A  SUFFI-
CIENT  NUMBER  TO  ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN
SUCH POLLING PLACE.
  9. Whenever the board of elections shall determine that  there  is  no
building  within  an  election  district  available and suitable for the
meetings for the registration of voters [or for any election],  or  that
for reasons of efficiency or economy it is desirable to consolidate such
meetings of one or more districts in one place, such board may designate
a building for such VOTER REGISTRATION purpose in [an adjoining] ANOTHER
ELECTION  district in the same village, city or town and there may be as
many distinctly separate [meetings or polling places] MEETINGS  lawfully
located in the same building as public convenience may require. Wherever
possible,  public  schools,  fire  houses,  municipal buildings or other
buildings exempt from taxation shall be  designated  for  such  meetings
[and  polling  places].  Such  a  determination shall be made only after
notice to the chairpersons of the county  committees  of  all  political
parties and reasonable opportunity for them to be heard.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S5447A - Details

Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-100 & 4-104, rpld §4-100 sub 6, El L

2009-S5447A - Summary

2009-S5447A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5447A

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the alteration of
election districts by the board of elections


 PURPOSE :
The bill gives county boards of elections the flexibility to designate
and change polling places based on the technology being provided by
new voting systems.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 4-100(2) to give the county
boards of elections throughout the State the same authority to create,
consolidate, divide and alter election districts, which is already
granted to the boards of elections in the cities of Buffalo and New
York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau and Suffolk.

Section 2: Amends Election Law section 4-104(5) to add a new paragraph
(d), which provides that a polling place using a new, certified voting
system may contain multiple election districts, provided that the
system prints out separate and distinct vote totals for each election
district in the polling station.

Section 3: Amends Election Law section 4-104(6) to provide that a poll

site must be of sufficient size to accommodate voting systems and
privacy booths as required by the rules and regulations promulgated by
the state board of elections, and that there must be a sufficient
number of voting systems, election workers and other election
resources to accommodate the number of voters eligible to vote in such
polling place.

Section 4: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :
New bill.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The Federal Help America Vote Act and Election Reform and
Modernization Act of 2005 (Chapter 181/Laws of 2005) require that new
voting systems be implemented throughout New York State. Because these
systems are capable of handling ballots for multiple election
districts, when designating polling places the county boards of
elections need the flexibility to consider those capabilities and the
ability of the site to accommodate the number of voting systems,
privacy booths, election workers and other election resources in
sufficient numbers to adequately serve the voters eligible to vote in
that polling place.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None to the State.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None. This bill will likely result in cost savings because it will
allow boards of elections to consolidate polling places and reduce the
cost of running elections.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S5447A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5447--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  the  alteration  of
  election districts by the board of elections

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  4-100  of  the  election  law  is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  The  creation,  consolidation,  division or alteration of election
districts shall be done by the [legislative body of  the  city  or  town
within  which the election district is contained except in the cities of
Buffalo and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau, and Suffolk. In
the cities of Buffalo and New York, and the counties of  Monroe,  Nassau
and  Suffolk,  and  for  any other town or city, upon the request of its
legislative body, the creation, consolidation, division or alteration of
election districts shall be done by the] board of elections.
  S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended  by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, POLLING PLAC-
ES  DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT THAT WILL BE UTILIZING
ANY VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM CERTIFIED FOR USE IN NEW YORK STATE  PURSU-
ANT  TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE,
MAY BE THE POLLING PLACE OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT  OR  DISTRICTS,  PROVIDED
THE  VOTING  SYSTEM  USED  IN  SUCH  POLLING PLACE PRODUCES SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT VOTE TOTALS FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT VOTING IN  SUCH  POLLING
PLACE ON SUCH VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM.
  S  3. Subdivision 6 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10566-04-0

S. 5447--A                          2

  6. Each polling place designated, whenever practicable, shall be situ-
ated on the main or ground floor of the premises selected. It  shall  be
of  sufficient  area to admit and comfortably accommodate [at least ten]
voters [at one time and to allow  for  the  placement  in  such  meeting
place,  of  booths,  furniture  and  equipment,  as  provided by law] IN
NUMBERS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF  VOTING  SYSTEMS  AND  PRIVACY
BOOTHS, PURSUANT TO 9 NYCRR 6210.19.  SUCH DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS,
ELECTION  WORKERS AND ELECTION RESOURCES SHALL BE IN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE  IN  SUCH  POLLING
PLACE.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S5447B - Details

Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-100 & 4-104, rpld §4-100 sub 6, El L

2009-S5447B - Summary

2009-S5447B - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5447B

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the election law, in relation to the alteration of
election districts by the board of elections; and to repeal certain
provisions of such law relating thereto


 PURPOSE :

The bill gives county boards of elections the flexibility to designate
and change polling places based on the technology being provided by
new voting systems.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Election Law section 4-100(2) to give the county
boards of elections throughout the State the same authority to create,
consolidate, divide and alter election districts, which is already
granted to the boards of elections in the cities of Buffalo and New
York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau and Suffolk.

Section 2: Amends Election Law section 4-104(5) to add a new paragraph
(d), which provides that a polling place using a new, certified voting
system may contain multiple election districts, provided that the

system prints out separate and distinct vote totals for each election
district in the polling station.

Section 3: Amends Election Law section 4-104(6) to provide that a poll
site must be of sufficient size to accommodate voting systems and
privacy booths as required by the rules and regulations promulgated by
the state board of elections, and that there must be a sufficient
number of voting systems, election workers and other election
resources to accommodate the number of voters eligible to vote in such
polling place.

Section 4: Repeals Election Law section 4-100(6)

Section 5: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Currently, the authority to create, consolidate, divide and alter
election districts is granted to the boards of elections in the cities
of Buffalo and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau and
Suffolk, but county boards of elections only have that authority when
the legislative body of a city or town fails to act.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The Federal Help America Vote Act and Election Reform and
Modernization Act of 2005 (Chapter 181/Laws of 2005) require that new
voting systems be implemented throughout New York State. Because these
systems are capable of handling ballots for multiple election
districts, when designating polling places the county boards of
elections need the flexibility to consider those capabilities and the
ability of the site to accommodate the number of voting systems,
privacy booths, election workers and other election resources in
sufficient numbers to adequately serve the voters eligible to vote in
that polling place.

The repealed Election Law section 4-100(6), which provides for county
boards of elections to establish elections districts when legislatures
and other bodies fail to do so, has been made rendered obsolete by the
powers granted to the county boards by this bill.
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the State.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None. This bill will likely result in cost savings because it will
allow boards of elections to consolidate polling places and reduce the
cost of running elections.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S5447B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5447--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  the  alteration  of
  election  districts  by  the board of elections; and to repeal certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  4-100 of the election law is
amended to read as follows:
  2. The creation, consolidation, division  or  alteration  of  election
districts  shall  be  done  by the [legislative body of the city or town
within which the election district is contained except in the cities  of
Buffalo and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau, and Suffolk. In
the  cities  of Buffalo and New York, and the counties of Monroe, Nassau
and Suffolk, and for any other town or city, upon  the  request  of  its
legislative body, the creation, consolidation, division or alteration of
election districts shall be done by the] board of elections.
  S  2. Subdivision 5 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, POLLING PLAC-
ES DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT THAT WILL BE  UTILIZING
ANY  VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM CERTIFIED FOR USE IN NEW YORK STATE PURSU-
ANT TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  FIVE,
MAY  BE  THE  POLLING PLACE OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS, PROVIDED
THE VOTING SYSTEM USED IN  SUCH  POLLING  PLACE  PRODUCES  SEPARATE  AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10566-05-0

S. 5447--B                          2

DISTINCT  VOTE  TOTALS FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT VOTING IN SUCH POLLING
PLACE ON SUCH VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM.
  S  3. Subdivision 6 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended to
read as follows:
  6. Each polling place designated, whenever practicable, shall be situ-
ated on the main or ground floor of the premises selected. It  shall  be
of  sufficient  area to admit and comfortably accommodate [at least ten]
voters [at one time and to allow  for  the  placement  in  such  meeting
place,  of  booths,  furniture  and  equipment,  as  provided by law] IN
NUMBERS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF  VOTING  SYSTEMS  AND  PRIVACY
BOOTHS, PURSUANT TO 9 NYCRR 6210.19.  SUCH DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS,
ELECTION  WORKERS AND ELECTION RESOURCES SHALL BE IN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE  IN  SUCH  POLLING
PLACE.
  S 4. Subdivision 6 of section 4-100 of the election law is REPEALED.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S5447C (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-100 & 4-104, rpld §4-100 sub 6, El L

2009-S5447C (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S5447C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5447C

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the election law, in relation to
the alteration of election districts by the board of
elections; and to repeal certain provisions of such law
relating thereto

PURPOSE:
The bill gives county boards of elections the flexibility to designate
and change polling places based on the technology being provided by
new voting systems.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 4-100(2) to give the county
boards of elections throughout the State the same authority to
create, consolidate, divide and alter election districts, which is
already granted to the boards of elections in the cities of Buffalo
and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau and Suffolk.

Section 2: Amends Election Law section 4-104(5) to add a new paragraph
(d), which provides that a polling place using a new, certified
voting system may contain multiple election districts, provided that
the system prints out separate and distinct vote totals for each
election district in the polling station.

Section 3: Amends Election Law section 4-104(6) to provide that a poll
site must be of sufficient size to accommodate voting systems and
privacy booths as required by the rules and regulations promulgated
by the state board of elections, and that there must be a sufficient
number of voting systems, election workers and other election
resources to accommodate the number of voters eligible to vote in
such polling place.

Section 4: Repeals Election Law section 4-100(6).

Section 5: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

EXISTING LAW:
New bill.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Federal Help America Vote Act and Election Reform and
Modernization Act of 2005 (Chapter 181/Laws of 2005) require that new
voting systems be implemented throughout New York State. Because
these systems are capable of handling ballots for multiple election
districts, when designating polling places the county boards of
elections need the flexibility to consider those capabilities and the
ability of the site to accommodate the number of voting systems,
privacy booths, election workers and other election resources in
sufficient numbers to adequately serve the voters eligible to vote in
that polling place.

The repealed Election Law section 4-100(6), which provided for
county boards of elections to establish election districts when


legislatures and other bodies fail to do so, has been made rendered
obsolete by the powers granted to them by this bill.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None. This bill will likely result in cost savings because it will
allow boards of elections to consolidate polling places and reduce
the cost of running elections.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2009-S5447C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5447--C
    Cal. No. 366

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to  first  and
  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,  amended  and ordered
  reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  the  alteration  of
  election  districts  by  the board of elections; and to repeal certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  4-100 of the election law is
amended to read as follows:
  2. The creation, consolidation, division  or  alteration  of  election
districts  shall  be  done  by the [legislative body of the city or town
within which the election district is contained except in the cities  of
Buffalo and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau, and Suffolk. In
the  cities  of Buffalo and New York, and the counties of Monroe, Nassau
and Suffolk, and for any other town or city, upon  the  request  of  its
legislative body, the creation, consolidation, division or alteration of
election districts shall be done by the] board of elections.
  S  2. Subdivision 5 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, POLLING PLAC-
ES DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT THAT WILL BE  UTILIZING
ANY  VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM CERTIFIED FOR USE IN NEW YORK STATE PURSU-
ANT TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  FIVE,
MAY  BE THE POLLING PLACE OF ANY OTHER CONTIGUOUS DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD10566-06-0

S. 5447--C                          2

PROVIDED THE VOTING SYSTEM USED IN SUCH POLLING PLACE PRODUCES  SEPARATE
AND DISTINCT VOTE TOTALS FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT VOTING IN SUCH POLL-
ING PLACE ON SUCH VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM.
  S  3. Subdivision 6 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended to
read as follows:
  6. Each polling place designated, whenever practicable, shall be situ-
ated on the main or ground floor of the premises selected. It  shall  be
of  sufficient  area to admit and comfortably accommodate [at least ten]
voters [at one time and to allow  for  the  placement  in  such  meeting
place,  of  booths,  furniture  and  equipment,  as  provided by law] IN
NUMBERS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF  VOTING  SYSTEMS  AND  PRIVACY
BOOTHS, PURSUANT TO 9 NYCRR 6210.19.  SUCH DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS,
ELECTION  WORKERS AND ELECTION RESOURCES SHALL BE IN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE  IN  SUCH  POLLING
PLACE.
  S 4. Subdivision 6 of section 4-100 of the election law is REPEALED.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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