Assembly Bill A1272

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks

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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-A1272 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2275
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4670
2015-2016: A2052
2017-2018: A4257, S5934
2021-2022: A51, S424
2023-2024: A6973, S609

2019-A1272 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to half-day shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

2019-A1272 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1272
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. QUART, LIFTON, LAVINE, ROZIC -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M. of A.  GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to split shifts for
   election inspectors or poll clerks

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 3-400 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 293 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  The  board  of  elections  may  employ election inspectors OR POLL
 CLERKS to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
 er, that  THERE SHALL NOT BE A TIME WHEN THE  POLL  SITE  IS  OPEN  THAT
 THERE IS NOT at least one inspector from each of the two major political
 parties  [is]  present  [at  the  poll site for the entire time that the
 polls are open]. Each county board  of  elections  shall  prescribe  the
 necessary  rules  and  procedures  to ensure proper poll site operation,
 INCLUDING RULES DETAILING THE BASIS ON WHICH A REQUEST  BY  AN  ELECTION
 INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK TO WORK A SPLIT SHIFT MAY BE DENIED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01361-01-9

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