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Assembly Bill A9613

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes mobile polling places for early voting

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2019-A9613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L

2019-A9613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes mobile polling places for early voting.

2019-A9613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9613
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  establishing  mobile
   polling places for early voting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  (A) IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES REQUIRED BY
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY  ESTAB-
 LISH  TWO  OR MORE LOCATIONS FOR MOBILE POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING,
 PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LOCATIONS A COUNTY MAY ESTABLISH FOR
 SUCH MOBILE POLLING PLACES SHALL BE DETERMINED BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS BASED ON POPULATION.
   (B)  LOCATIONS  FOR  MOBILE  POLLING  PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 SELECTED TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  VOTERS  IN  A  COUNTY  WITH
 ADEQUATE  ACCESS  TO  EARLY VOTING, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION POPULATION
 DENSITY, TRAVEL TIME TO THE POLLING  PLACE,  PROXIMITY  TO  OTHER  EARLY
 VOTING  POLL  SITES,  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  ROUTES,  COMMUTER  TRAFFIC
 PATTERNS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  DEEMS  APPROPRI-
 ATE.
   (C)  LOCATIONS  FOR  MOBILE  POLLING  PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 OPERATIONAL FOR NO FEWER THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
   (D) NO MOBILE POLLING PLACE  FOR  EARLY  VOTING  ESTABLISHED  BY  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  REPLACE  OR OTHERWISE DECREASE THE NUMBER OF POLLING
 PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14353-01-9

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