Assembly Bill A1153

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes full-time college students to act as election inspectors and poll clerks in the election district where their colleges are located

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  • 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

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2017-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1658
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11667, S1837
2011-2012: A4547, S543
2013-2014: A3515, S3799, S6535
2015-2016: A254, S875
2019-2020: A5671, S8630
2021-2022: A482, S4723
2023-2024: A1032, A8899, S4433

2017-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes, under certain circumstances, full-time college and university students to act as election inspectors and poll clerks in the election district where their college or university is located.

2017-A1153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1153
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC,  ABINANTI,  BLAKE, BRONSON, BUCHWALD,
   CAHILL, FAHY, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, LIFTON, OTIS, QUART, SEAWRIGHT,  SIMO-
   TAS, STIRPE, WEPRIN, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKK-
   ER,  DINOWITZ,  KEARNS, McDONOUGH, THIELE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  the  appointment  of
   college and university students as election inspectors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-400 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS
 SECTION, ANY PERSON WHO IS A FULL-TIME COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAY
 BE CERTIFIED AND ACT AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK IN THE COUN-
 TY IN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  IS  LOCATED,  OR,  IF
 LOCATED  WITHIN  THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THEN SUCH PERSON MAY BE SO CERTI-
 FIED IN ANY COUNTY THEREIN, PROVIDED HE OR SHE:
   (1) IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THIS STATE;
   (2) HOLDS NO ELECTIVE OFFICE;
   (3) IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED  FOR  BY  THE
 VOTERS  OF  THE  DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO SERVE, AND IS NOT THE
 SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE; AND
   (4) IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND READ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WRITE IT  LEGI-
 BLY.
   (B)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "FULL-TIME" SHALL
 MEAN ANY MATRICULATED STUDENT ENROLLED IN AT LEAST TWELVE  CREDIT  HOURS
 PER  SEMESTER AT A COLLEGE, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00436-01-7

              

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