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Assembly Bill A312

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing voting materials and assistance in Haitian Creole

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2017-A312 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2845
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-507, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9729, S7240
2019-2020: A2711, S4882
2021-2022: A5343, S5274
2023-2024: A3919, S6382
2025-2026: S4251

2017-A312 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing voting materials and assistance in Haitian Creole.

2017-A312 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    312
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing voting mate-
   rials and assistance in Haitian Creole
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-507
 to read as follows:
   § 3-507. BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS;  VOTING  MATERIALS  AND  ASSISTANCE  IN
 HAITIAN  CREOLE.    A  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY OF OVER ONE MILLION
 SHALL:
   (A) PROVIDE ALL INFORMATION THAT  IS  PROVIDED  BY  SUCH  A  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS IN ENGLISH ABOUT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, INCLUDING REGISTRATION
 OR  VOTING  NOTICES, FORMS, INSTRUCTIONS, VOTING SYSTEMS, BALLOT MARKING
 DEVICES AND BALLOTS IN HAITIAN CREOLE TO  THE  EXTENT  NEEDED  TO  ALLOW
 VOTERS  WHO SPEAK HAITIAN CREOLE TO PARTICIPATE EFFECTIVELY IN THE ELEC-
 TORAL  PROCESS  AND  ALL  VOTING-CONNECTED  ACTIVITIES.  SUCH  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMATION IN HAITIAN CREOLE THAT
 IT  PROVIDES  IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH ON ITS WEBSITE. SUCH BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS SHALL ALSO PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE CITYWIDE A BOOKLET  THAT
 INCLUDES:  (1) A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN ENGLISH WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN
 HAITIAN CREOLE; (2) INSTRUCTIONS IN HAITIAN CREOLE REGARDING THE  CRITE-
 RIA  AND APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND (3) A
 SECTION WITH GENERAL  VOTER  INFORMATION  IN  HAITIAN  CREOLE  INCLUDING
 FREQUENTLY  ASKED  QUESTIONS.  SUCH BOARD MAY INCLUDE OTHER LANGUAGES ON
 ITS WEBSITE AND IN SUCH BOOKLET.
   (B) PROVIDE ONE OR MORE HAITIAN CREOLE-SPEAKING INTERPRETERS  AT  EACH
 POLLING  LOCATION  IN  ELECTION DISTRICTS IN ANY COUNTY THAT HAS A POPU-
 LATION COMPRISED OF FIVE PERCENT OR MORE OF PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS BEING
 HAITIAN ACCORDING TO THE MOST  RECENT  UNITED  STATES  CENSUS,  FOR  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01300-01-7

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