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Assembly Bill A10389

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the designation of polling places

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2011-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4-104, El L

2011-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the designation of polling places.

2011-A10389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10389

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 24, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to the designation of
  polling places

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  4-104 of the election law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
  (E) WHENEVER THE NUMBER OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN AN  ELECTION  IN
ANY ELECTION DISTRICT IS LESS THAN TEN, THE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR
SUCH DISTRICT MAY BE THE POLLING PLACE OF ANY OTHER DISTRICT WHICH COULD
PROPERLY  BE  DESIGNATED  AS  THE  POLLING  PLACE OF THE FIRST MENTIONED
DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED  THAT  THE
DISTANCE  FROM  SUCH  FIRST  MENTIONED DISTRICT TO THE POLLING PLACE FOR
SUCH OTHER DISTRICT IS NOT UNREASONABLE PURSUANT TO RULES OR REGULATIONS
PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND PROVIDED THAT  THE  TOTAL
NUMBER  OF  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE  TO  VOTE  IN  SUCH OTHER DISTRICT IN SUCH
ELECTION, INCLUDING THE PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN SUCH FIRST MENTIONED
DISTRICTS, IS NOT MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN  AN
ELECTION  DISTRICT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 4-100
OF THIS ARTICLE. THE INSPECTORS OF ELECTION AND POLL CLERKS, IF ANY,  OF
SUCH  OTHER  ELECTION  DISTRICT  SHALL  ALSO  ACT IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE
ELECTION OFFICERS FOR  SUCH  FIRST  MENTIONED  DISTRICTS  AND  NO  OTHER
INSPECTORS  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED TO SERVE IN OR FOR SUCH FIRST MENTIONED
DISTRICTS. A SEPARATE POLL LEDGER  OR  COMPUTER  GENERATED  REGISTRATION
LIST, BALLOTS AND SEPARATE CANVASS OF RESULTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR SUCH
FIRST  MENTIONED  DISTRICTS,  EXCEPT  THAT  IF THE CANDIDATES AND BALLOT
PROPOSALS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS OF SUCH DISTRICTS ARE  THE  SAME,
THE  ELECTION  DISTRICTS SHALL BE COMBINED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE A SINGLE
ELECTION DISTRICT FOR THAT 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.
                                                           LBD16004-02-2

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