Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S5934

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to half-day shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

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

2017-S5934 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4257
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4670
2015-2016: A2052
2019-2020: S2275, A1272
2021-2022: S424, A51
2023-2024: S609, A6973
2025-2026: S1842, A6138

2017-S5934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to half-day shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

2017-S5934 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5934
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  half-day  shifts  for
   election inspectors or poll clerks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  The  board  of  elections  may  employ election inspectors OR POLL
 CLERKS to work half-day shifts  with  adjusted  compensation,  provided,
 however,  that THERE SHALL NOT BE A TIME WHEN THE POLL SITE IS OPEN THAT
 THERE IS NOT at least one inspector from each of the two major political
 parties [is] present [at the poll site for  the  entire  time  that  the
 polls  are  open].    Each county board of elections shall prescribe the
 necessary rules and procedures to ensure  proper  poll  site  operation,
 INCLUDING  RULES  DETAILING  THE BASIS ON WHICH A REQUEST BY AN ELECTION
 INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK TO WORK A HALF-DAY SHIFT MAY BE DENIED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08890-01-7

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.