Assembly Bill A5678

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the composition of boards of elections

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S162
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §8, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A657, S5288
2011-2012: A10757, S90
2013-2014: A4115, S180
2017-2018: A5957, S1798, S7035
2019-2020: S2368
2021-2022: S3094
2023-2024: S667

2015-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the composition of boards of elections.

2015-A5678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5678

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, PERRY, ROBINSON, THIELE -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Election Law

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 8 of article 2 of the constitution, in
  relation to the composition of boards of elections

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 8 of  article
2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S  8.  All  laws  creating, regulating or affecting boards or officers
charged with the duty of qualifying voters, or of  distributing  ballots
to  voters,  or  of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections,
shall secure equal representation of the two political parties which, at
the general election next preceding that for which such boards or  offi-
cers  are  to  serve,  cast  the  highest and the next highest number of
votes. All such boards and officers shall be  appointed  or  elected  in
such  manner,  and  upon  the nomination of such representatives of said
parties respectively, as the legislature may direct AND SHALL HAVE  SUCH
OTHER  QUALIFICATIONS FOR PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY
DIRECT.  Existing laws on this subject shall continue until the legisla-
ture shall otherwise provide. This section shall not apply to  town,  or
village elections.
  S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89012-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.