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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2013
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Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  early
  voting at primary and general elections

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

  Section 1. Article 8 of the election law is amended by  adding  a  new
title 6 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VI
                              EARLY VOTING
SECTION 8-600. EARLY VOTING PROCEDURES.
        8-602. APPLICATION FOR EARLY VOTING.
        8-604. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES OF.
  S 8-600. EARLY VOTING PROCEDURES. 1. NO LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO
THE  DATE  OF  EVERY  PRIMARY  AND  GENERAL ELECTION, A PERSON MAY, UPON
COMPLETION OF A FORMAL WRITTEN APPLICATION, VOTE  FOR  A  CANDIDATE  FOR
PUBLIC  OFFICE  IN  A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION, AND SUCH EARLY VOTING
PRACTICE MAY TAKE PLACE AT SUCH PERSON'S DESIGNATED POLLING PLACE OR  AS
DESIGNATED  BY  AND THROUGH A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS UNDER THE POWERS
GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION.  EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH PERMANENT POLL-
ING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING AND SHALL PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE
FOR EVERY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTERS WITHIN THE  JURISDICTION  OF  SUCH
BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS.    EARLY  VOTING  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE EACH DAY
DURING SUCH PERIOD UNTIL THE SUNDAY IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE PRIMARY  OR
GENERAL ELECTION.
  2.  EACH  POLLING  PLACE  SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR EARLY VOTING
FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 5 P.M. ON ANY BUSINESS DAY AND FROM  9  A.M.  UNTIL  2
P.M.  ON ANY SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR HOLIDAY DURING SUCH EARLY VOTING PERI-
OD; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  THE  COUNTY  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  MAY,  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS  SECTION,  ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY POLLING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03147-02-3
              

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PLACES THAT ARE NOT OPEN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD AND
SUCH TEMPORARY POLLING PLACES SHALL BE OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING DURING SUCH
HOURS AND DAYS AS SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
  3.  A REGISTERED VOTER MAY PARTICIPATE IN EARLY VOTING UPON COMPLETION
AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION THEREFOR WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  HOLD-
ING HIS OR HER VOTER REGISTRATION.
  4.  EACH  COUNTY  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE DATE,
TIME, LOCATIONS AND MANNER OF SUCH EARLY VOTING  PRACTICE  FOR  GENERAL,
PRIMARY  AND  SPECIAL  ELECTIONS  IN  A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION
THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST DAY OF SUCH EARLY VOTING.
  5. THE EARLY VOTING SHALL BE MONITORED AND ADMINISTERED  BY  TWO  DULY
DESIGNATED PERSONS, ONE FROM EACH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, AND SUCH VOTING
SHALL  FOLLOW AND CONFORM TO ALL OTHER PROCEDURES, MEASURES AND REQUIRE-
MENTS OF CASTING A VOTE IN A PRIMARY OR  GENERAL  ELECTION  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  CHAPTER.  ALL  VOTES  CAST DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL BE
COUNTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS VOTES CAST ON THE DAY OF  THE  PRIMARY  OR
GENERAL   ELECTION  TO  WHICH  SUCH  EARLY  VOTING  PERIOD  RELATES,  AS
PRESCRIBED BY ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 8-602. APPLICATION FOR EARLY VOTING. 1. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
FURNISH ONE APPLICATION FOR EARLY VOTING TO  ANY  VOTER  WHO  PERSONALLY
APPEARS  AND  WISHES  TO  EXERCISE  THIS  RIGHT. UPON COMPLETION OF SUCH
APPLICATION, TWO DULY DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES OF THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,
ONE  FROM  EACH  MAJOR  POLITICAL  PARTY  REPRESENTED, SHALL COMPARE THE
INFORMATION OF THE VOTER WITH THE SIGNATURE  ON  THE  VOTER'S  PERMANENT
REGISTRATION RECORD, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF IDENTIFICATION IF COMPUTERIZED
DUPLICATE REGISTRATION RECORDS ARE USED, AND SHALL ENDORSE ON THE APPLI-
CATION THAT SUCH REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE RESULTS OR TABULATION OF
VOTES  CAST  DURING  AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL NOT BE MADE BEFORE THE
CLOSE OF ALL POLLING PLACES ON  THE  DATE  OF  THE  PRIMARY  OR  GENERAL
ELECTION.  BALLOTS USED IN EARLY VOTING SHALL BE, AS NEARLY AS PRACTICA-
BLE, THE SAME FORM AS THOSE USED ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.
  2. THE APPLICATION FOR EARLY VOTING  SHALL  REQUIRE  AND  INCLUDE  THE
FOLLOWING IDENTIFYING INFORMATION:
  (A) THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION,
  (B) NAME OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
  (C) THE NAME OF THE VOTER,
  (D) RESIDENCE OF VOTER,
  (E) NUMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, IF ANY,
  (F) NAME OF CITY OR TOWN, NUMBER OF WARD, IF ANY, AND
  (G) ELECTION DISTRICT AND PARTY ENROLLMENT. THERE SHALL BE A PLACE FOR
TWO  SIGNATURES  OF  PERSONS  DESIGNATED TO INSPECT, ONE FROM EACH MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTY, THAT SUCH PERSONS HAVE CHECKED AND MARKED  THE  VOTER'S
REGISTRATION  AND  POLL RECORD.  ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF SUCH APPLICATION
SHALL BE PRINTED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
  I DO DECLARE THAT I AM A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I AM  DULY
REGISTERED  IN  THE  ELECTION DISTRICT SHOWN ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS
APPLICATION AND I AM QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN SUCH DISTRICT; THAT I  DO  NOT
INTEND  TO  VOTE  ELSEWHERE,  THAT I HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY ACT NOR AM I
UNDER ANY IMPEDIMENT WHICH DENIES ME THE RIGHT TO VOTE. I HEREBY DECLARE
THAT THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE STATEMENT TO THE BEST OF MY  KNOWLEDGE  AND
BELIEF,  AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I MAKE ANY MATERIAL FALSE STATEMENT IN
THE FOREGOING STATEMENT, I SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
  (DATE)____________________
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  (SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS OF VOTER)_________________
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  (WITNESS)_______________________
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  S  8-604.  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES OF. ANY RULE OR
REGULATION NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
TITLE SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.