Assembly Bill A8619

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing poll workers to be from any political party

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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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2019-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1878
2023-2024: A697

2019-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows poll workers to be from any political party.

2019-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8619
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              October 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to allowing  poll  workers
   to be from any political party
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
 renumbered  by  chapter  9  of  the  laws of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. Appointments to the offices of election inspector or poll clerk  in
 each election district, shall be equally divided between the major poli-
 tical  parties.  IN THE EVENT THAT A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY DOES NOT HAVE
 ENOUGH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO BE AN ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK IN
 A COUNTY OR WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APPOINTMENTS TO THE OFFICES  OF
 ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK SHALL BE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WHICH ARE
 NOT A MEMBER OF ANOTHER MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY SUCH THAT THE LEAST NUMBER
 OF  SUCH  ELECTION  INSPECTORS  OR  POLL  CLERKS  ARE  APPOINTED IN EACH
 ELECTION DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13814-01-9

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