Assembly Bill A2052

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4670
2017-2018: A4257
2019-2020: A1272
2021-2022: A51
2023-2024: A6973
2025-2026: A6138

2015-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A2052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2052

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI,
  DUPREY, GOTTFRIED, LAVINE, LIFTON, ROZIC -- 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.
                                                           LBD04498-01-5

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