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Senate Bill S5982

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state or law students who attend an American Bar Association accredited law school, may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state

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2015-S5982 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2824
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง8-500, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2866
2011-2012: S2348
2013-2014: S3373, A6776
2017-2018: S3405, A4984
2019-2020: S4552, A4044
2021-2022: S5039, A9222
2023-2024: S6130, A530

2015-S5982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

2015-S5982 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5982

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to watchers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 8-500 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 254 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  4.  Each  watcher  must  be a qualified voter of the city or county in
which he or she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or  act  as  a
watcher  who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the
voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch-
er is to serve. Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be  construed  as
prohibiting  any  such  candidate  from visiting a polling place in such
district on an election day while the polls are open, OR AN ATTORNEY WHO
IS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT AND IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW THEREIN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07704-03-5

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