Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to election law |
Apr 14, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A7539
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GALEF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
David Townsend
Robert Reilly
Joan Millman
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
Alec Brook-Krasny
Karim Camara
Clifford Crouch
2009-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A7539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7539 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 14, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, TOWNSEND, REILLY, MILLMAN, JAFFEE, GABRYS- ZAK, DelMONTE, WALKER, CALHOUN, BURLING, TOBACCO, GREENE -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, CAMARA, CROUCH, GIGLIO, GORDON, KOON, LATIMER, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, MOLINARO, SAYWARD, SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to qualifications for poll watchers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8-500 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED, CERTIFIED OR ACT AS A WATCHER WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE VOTERS OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO SERVE, OR THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE. PROVIDED, THAT NO PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD, FROM BEING PRESENT AT A POLL PLACE AFTER THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE ELECTION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00850-01-9
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