senate Bill S7759

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted

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Feb 14, 2020 referred to elections

S7759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A274
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5131
2015-2016: A578
2017-2018: A3539
2021-2022: S600, S8114, A150
2023-2024: S5096, A3286

S7759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

S7759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7759

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 14, 2020
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  the  state
  board  of  elections  to  develop  a program to be administered by all
  boards of elections to notify  voters  of  certain  information  where
  their area has been redistricted

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 3-102 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
  16-B.  DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY ALL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
TO NOTIFY VOTERS THAT THEIR DISTRICTS MAY HAVE  CHANGED  DUE  TO  REDIS-
TRICTING.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL  INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO MAILINGS,
ONLINE, TELEPHONE OR OTHER RESOURCES TO  ASSIST  VOTERS  IN  DETERMINING
POTENTIAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR DISTRICT PRIOR TO AN ELECTION;
  §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. The state board of
elections shall amend or promulgate pertinent rules and  regulations  as
necessary to implement the provisions of this act.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01520-01-9

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