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Assembly Bill A2916

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district

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2015-A2916 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4-100, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8758
2011-2012: A3483, A9001
2013-2014: A3034
2017-2018: A3933
2019-2020: A3930
2021-2022: A1784
2023-2024: A4741

2015-A2916 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district.

2015-A2916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2916

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  consolidation  of
  certain election districts in the county of Westchester

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

  Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
TO THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER MAY
MERGE ANY ELECTION DISTRICT WITH FIFTY OR FEWER REGISTERED  VOTERS  INTO
AN  EXISTING ELECTION DISTRICT SO LONG AS BOTH SUCH DISTRICTS ARE WITHIN
THE SAME WARD, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE, AND THE SAME  COUNTY  LEGISLATIVE,
ASSEMBLY, SENATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FURTHERMORE, NO CONSOL-
IDATED  ELECTION  DISTRICT  CREATED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, EXCLUDING  REGISTRANTS  IN
INACTIVE STATUS, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05367-01-5

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