Senate Bill S6434

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to alternative provisions for poll site staffing

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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-S6434 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7383
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-500, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S3146, A1454

2017-S6434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-S6434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6434
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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 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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