S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9791
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of polling
sites for early voting in certain counties
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early
voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for
persons to vote early pursuant to this title. There shall be so desig-
nated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment
of fifty thousand registered voters in each county; provided, however,
the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not be
required to be greater than [seven] TEN UNLESS REQUIRED BY ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, and PROVIDED FURTHER THAT a county with fewer than
fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling
place; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE
MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR MORE BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL
DECENNIAL CENSUS, BUT OUTSIDE CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, EACH TOWN AND CITY IN
SUCH COUNTIES SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14391-02-9