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Assembly Bill A11164

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the posting of information concerning a change in the location of a polling place

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2019-A11164 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-108, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2168

2019-A11164 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections for the voting district in which an old polling place is located to post at the entrance of the old polling location a notice informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the street address of the new location.

2019-A11164 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11164
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the posting
   of information concerning a change in the location of a polling place
 
   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 8-108
 to read as follows:
   § 8-108. CHANGE OF POLLING PLACE. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A  CHANGE
 OF LOCATION OF A POLLING PLACE FROM THE LAST PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION
 HELD  OR  THE  LAST EARLY VOTING PERIOD HELD, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR
 THE VOTING DISTRICT IN WHICH THE OLD POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED SHALL POST
 AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE OLD POLLING LOCATION A  NOTICE  ON  YELLOW  PAPER
 INFORMING VOTERS THAT THE POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROVIDING THE
 STREET  ADDRESS  OF THE NEW LOCATION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE POSTED ON THE
 DATE OF THE ELECTION OR ON THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING  PRIOR  TO  THE
 OPENING OF THE POLLS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17601-02-0

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