Assembly Bill A4670

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to half-day shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A4670 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4480
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2052
2017-2018: A4257
2019-2020: A1272
2021-2022: A51
2023-2024: A6973
2025-2026: A6138

2013-A4670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to half-day shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

2013-A4670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4670

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 7, 2013
                               ___________

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  half-day  shifts  for
  election inspectors or poll clerks

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  7.  The  board  of  elections  may  employ election inspectors OR POLL
CLERKS to work half-day shifts  with  adjusted  compensation,  provided,
however,  that THERE SHALL NOT BE A TIME WHEN THE POLL SITE IS OPEN THAT
THERE IS NOT at least one inspector from each of the two major political
parties [is] present [at the poll site for  the  entire  time  that  the
polls  are  open].    Each county board of elections shall prescribe the
necessary rules and procedures to ensure  proper  poll  site  operation,
INCLUDING  RULES  DETAILING  THE BASIS ON WHICH A REQUEST BY AN ELECTION
INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK TO WORK A HALF-DAY SHIFT MAY BE DENIED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08699-01-3

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