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Assembly Bill A7383

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to alternative provisions for poll site staffing

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2017-A7383 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6434
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-500, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1454, S3146

2017-A7383 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a board of elections to design an alternative poll site staffing plan to conduct an election.

2017-A7383 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7383
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to alternative provisions
   for poll site staffing
 
   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 3-500
 to read as follows:
   § 3-500. ALTERNATIVE POLL SITE STAFFING PLAN. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  TITLE  FOUR  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, A BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY
 DESIGN AN ALTERNATIVE  POLL  SITE  STAFFING  PLAN  TO  MORE  EFFICIENTLY
 CONDUCT  AN  ELECTION  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. SUCH ALTERNATIVE
 POLL SITE STAFFING PLAN MUST BE FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   2. AN ALTERNATIVE STAFFING  PLAN  SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR  AT  LEAST  FOUR
 INSPECTORS,  EQUALLY  DIVIDED AMONG THE MAJOR PARTIES, TO BE ASSIGNED TO
 EACH POLL SITE, AND ALL STAFFING MUST BE LIKEWISE BIPARTISAN. AN  ALTER-
 NATIVE  STAFFING  PLAN  MAY  CONSOLIDATE ELECTION DISTRICT AND POLL SITE
 STAFFING FUNCTIONS TO EFFICIENTLY CONDUCT AN ELECTION PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 CHAPTER, PROVIDED THE TABULATION OF VOTES BY ELECTION DISTRICT SHALL NOT
 BE  IMPAIRED  UNLESS CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTION DISTRICTS FOR AN ELECTION
 IS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THIS CHAPTER, AND SUCH STAFFING PLAN  COMPLIES
 WITH 9 NYCRR 6210.19(C).
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11061-01-7

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