NY State Senate Bill S4378A

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Jul 21, 2020	referred to ways and means returned to assembly repassed senate
Jan 27, 2020	amended on third reading 4378a
Jan 27, 2020	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recommitted to ways and means substitution reconsidered recalled from assembly
Jan 23, 2020	ordered to third reading cal.218 substituted for a5661
Jan 09, 2020	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1 reported and committed to rules
Jan 08, 2020	referred to elections returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 13, 2019	ordered to third reading rules cal.136 substituted for a5661
Jun 05, 2019	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 03, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 30, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 29, 2019	1st report cal.901
Mar 11, 2019	referred to elections

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S4378 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5661
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-104, 4-100 & 8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2003, A3430, A9386
2011-2012: S1851, A2162
2013-2014: S888, A1116
2015-2016: S1412, A2806
2017-2018: S3092, A5949, A10840
2021-2022: S4658, A454
2023-2024: S5693

S4378 - Summary

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

S4378 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4378

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the election law, in relation to the
boundaries of election districts and the designation of polling places

 
PURPOSE:

This  bill  would  provide that election districts shall not be drawn in
such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college or universi-
ty campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300 or
more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also require
that the poll sites for election districts serving  such  concentrations
of  college  or  university  voters shall be on the campus or college or
university property, or at a site approved by the college or university.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 4-104  of  the  election  law  by
adding a new subdivision 5-a to provide that whenever 300 or more regis-
tered  voters  (excluding registrants in inactive status) are registered
on a contiguous college or university property  the  polling  place  for

such  voters  shall  be on the property or at a location approved by the
college or university.

Section two of the bill amends paragraph a of subdivision 3  of  section
4-100  of  the election law to add contiguous properties of colleges and
universities with 300 or more registered voters. (excluding  registrants
in inactive status) to the list of geographic areas that cannot be part-
ly in and partly out of an election district.

Section three of the bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This  bill  would  provide  college  and  university  campuses and other
college and university properties with large  concentrations  of  voters
with  their own election districts and their own poll sites, in recogni-
tion of the fact that requiring residents of colleges  and  universities
to vote at sites remote from their campuses or requiring voters unaffil-
iated with the colleges and universities to vote on campuses can present
unnecessary obstacles to voting.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S3092 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
2015-16: S.1412A - Amend and Recommit to Elections
2013-14: S.888A - Referred to Elections
2011-12: S.1851A/A.2162A - Died in Elections
2009-10: S.2003A - PASSED SENATE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2022.

S4378 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4378

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, GIANARIS -- 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  the  boundaries  of
  election districts and the designation of polling places

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

  Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
  5-A.  WHENEVER  A  CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OF  A  COLLEGE  OR UNIVERSITY
CONTAINS THREE HUNDRED OR MORE  REGISTRANTS  (EXCLUDING  REGISTRANTS  IN
INACTIVE  STATUS)  WHO  ARE  REGISTERED  TO  VOTE  AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH
CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, THE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR  SUCH  REGISTRANTS
SHALL  BE  ON  SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
  § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  4-100  of  the  election
law,  as  amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
as follows:
  a. Each election district shall be in compact  form  and  may  not  be
partly within and partly without a ward, town, city, a village which has
five  thousand  or  more  inhabitants and is wholly within one town, THE
CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  WHICH  CONTAINS  THREE
HUNDRED  OR  MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE STATUS)
WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, or
a county legislative, assembly, senatorial  or  congressional  district.
Except as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, election district
boundaries,  other  than those boundaries which are coterminous with the
boundaries of those political subdivisions  AND  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY
PROPERTIES  mentioned  in this paragraph, must be streets, rivers, rail-
road lines or other permanent characteristics of the landscape which are
clearly visible to any person without the need to use any  technical  or
mechanical device. An election district shall contain not more than nine

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01288-01-9

S. 4378                             2

hundred fifty registrants (excluding registrants in inactive status) or,
with the approval of the county board of elections, not more than eleven
hundred  fifty  registrants  (excluding registrants in inactive status),
but  any  election  district  may  be divided for the convenience of the
voters.
  § 3.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.

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S4378A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5661
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-104, 4-100 & 8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2003, A3430, A9386
2011-2012: S1851, A2162
2013-2014: S888, A1116
2015-2016: S1412, A2806
2017-2018: S3092, A5949, A10840
2021-2022: S4658, A454
2023-2024: S5693

S4378A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4378A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4378A

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would provide that election districts shall not be drawn in
such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college Or.  univer-
sity campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300
or more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also
require that the poll sites for election districts serving such concen-
trations of college or university voters shall be on the campus or
college or university property, or, at a site approved by the college or
university.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 4-104 of the election law by
adding a subdivision 5-a. Section one provides that whenever a contig-
uous property of a college or university contains 300 or more regis-
trants, (excluding registrants in inactive status), who are registered
to vote at an address on such a contiguous college or university proper-
ty, the polling place for such registrant shall be on such property or
at a location approved by the college or university.

Section two of the bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
47100 of the election law to add contiguous properties of colleges and
universities with 300 or more registered voters, (excluding registrants
in inactive status), to the list of geographic areas that cannot be
partly in and partly out of an election district.

Section three of the bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 8600 of the election law. Section 3 provides that' whenever.  a
contiguous property of a college or university contains 300 or more
registrants, (excluding registrants in active status) who are registered
to vote at an address on such a contiguous college or university proper-
ty, the polling place for such registrant shall be on such property or
at a location approved by the college or university.

Section 4 of the bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would provide college and university campuses, and other
college and university properties with_large concentrations of voters,
with their own election districts and their own poll sites. This bill
recognizes the fact that requiring residents of colleges and universi-
ties to vote at sites remote from their campuses, or requiring voters
unaffiliated with the colleges and universities to vote on campuses can
present unnecessary obstacles to voting.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S3092 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

2015-16: S.1412A - Amend and Recommit to Elections

2913-14: S.888A - Referred to 'Elections

2011-12; 5.1851A/A.2162A - Died in Elections 200-10: S.2003A - PASSED
SENATE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  minima

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2022.

S4378A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 4378--A
    Cal. No. 1

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BRESLIN, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, LIU, MAY, MONT-
  GOMERY,  PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
  to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
  tee  on  Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a
  third reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the  Assembly,
  recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
  ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  the  boundaries  of
  election districts and the designation of polling places

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

  Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
  5-A.  WHENEVER  A  CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OF  A  COLLEGE  OR UNIVERSITY
CONTAINS THREE HUNDRED OR MORE  REGISTRANTS  (EXCLUDING  REGISTRANTS  IN
INACTIVE  STATUS)  WHO  ARE  REGISTERED  TO  VOTE  AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH
CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, THE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR  SUCH  REGISTRANTS
SHALL  BE  ON  SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
  § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  4-100  of  the  election
law,  as  amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
as follows:
  a. Each election district shall be in compact  form  and  may  not  be
partly within and partly without a ward, town, city, a village which has
five  thousand  or  more  inhabitants and is wholly within one town, THE
CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  WHICH  CONTAINS  THREE
HUNDRED  OR  MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE STATUS)
WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, or
a county legislative, assembly, senatorial  or  congressional  district.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01288-03-9

S. 4378--A                          2

Except as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, election district
boundaries,  other  than those boundaries which are coterminous with the
boundaries of those political subdivisions  AND  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY
PROPERTIES  mentioned  in this paragraph, must be streets, rivers, rail-
road lines or other permanent characteristics of the landscape which are
clearly visible to any person without the need to use any  technical  or
mechanical device. An election district shall contain not more than nine
hundred fifty registrants (excluding registrants in inactive status) or,
with the approval of the county board of elections, not more than eleven
hundred  fifty  registrants  (excluding registrants in inactive status),
but any election district may be divided  for  the  convenience  of  the
voters.
  §  3.  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, and a county with fewer than fifty
thousand voters shall have at least  one  early  voting  polling  place.
WHENEVER A CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CONTAINS THREE
HUNDRED  OR  MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE STATUS)
WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON  SUCH  CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY,
SUCH  CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OR  A  LOCATION  APPROVED  BY THE COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
  § 4.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.

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S4378 - Bill Text download pdf

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