Assembly Bill A4073

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to additional days of voting as a result of emergencies

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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-A4073 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8625
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10277
2019-2020: A1612, S2754
2021-2022: A4333, S5804
2023-2024: A7960, S2640

2017-A4073 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes additional days of voting as a result of emergencies; includes state of emergency.

2017-A4073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4073
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to additional days of
   voting as a result of emergencies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known as the "emergency response restora-
 tion of the electoral process act".
   §  2.  Legislative  Declaration. The legislature finds there is a need
 for an orderly process known in advance to  remedy  disruptions  to  the
 electoral calendar created by emergency circumstances. Because the elec-
 toral  machinery in a democracy is so important it must not be disturbed
 or delayed lightly.  Only the most exigent of circumstances can  justify
 resorting to the remedies provided by this act.
   §  3.  Section  3-108  of  the election law, subdivision 5 as added by
 chapter 394 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3-108. Disaster; additional day for voting. 1.  A  county  board  of
 elections,  or  the state board of elections with respect to an election
 conducted in a district in the jurisdiction  of  more  than  one  county
 board  of  elections, may determine that, as the direct consequence of a
 fire, earthquake, tornado, explosion, power failure,  act  of  sabotage,
 enemy attack or other disaster[, less than twenty-five per centum of the
 registered  voters  of  any city, town or village, or if the city of New
 York, or any county therein, actually voted in any general election]  OR
 STATE  OF  EMERGENCY,  THE ABILITY OF VOTERS TO VOTE HAS BECOME, OR WILL
 IMMINENTLY BECOME, IMPOSSIBLE AND SUCH IMPOSSIBILITY CANNOT BE MITIGATED
 DURING THE SCHEDULED COURSE OF VOTING. Such a determination by a  county
 board  of  elections  shall be subject to approval by the state board of
 elections. If the state board of elections makes such  a  determination,
 it  shall notify the [board] BOARDS of elections having jurisdiction [in
 that county] OVER THAT ELECTION that an additional day of election shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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