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                                   5671
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC,  ABINANTI,  BLAKE, BRONSON, BUCHWALD,
   CAHILL, FAHY, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, LIFTON, OTIS, QUART, SEAWRIGHT,  SIMO-
   TAS,  STIRPE,  TAYLOR, WALKER, WEPRIN, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. DenDEKKER, DINOWITZ,  McDONOUGH,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Election Law

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to the appointment of
   college and university students as election inspectors
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-400 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF  THIS
 SECTION, ANY PERSON WHO IS A FULL-TIME COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY STUDENT MAY
 BE CERTIFIED AND ACT AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK IN THE COUN-
 TY  IN  WHICH  SUCH  PERSON'S  COLLEGE  OR UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED, OR, IF
 LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THEN SUCH PERSON MAY BE  SO  CERTI-
 FIED IN ANY COUNTY THEREIN, PROVIDED HE OR SHE:
   (1) IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THIS STATE;
   (2) HOLDS NO ELECTIVE OFFICE;
   (3)  IS  NOT  A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE
 VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO SERVE, AND  IS  NOT  THE
 SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE; AND
   (4)  IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND READ THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND WRITE IT LEGI-
 BLY.
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM  "FULL-TIME"  SHALL
 MEAN  ANY  MATRICULATED STUDENT ENROLLED IN AT LEAST TWELVE CREDIT HOURS
 PER SEMESTER AT A COLLEGE, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00807-01-9