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senate Bill S6925
Sponsored By
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Neil D. Breslin
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
Roxanne J. Persaud
(D) 19th Senate District
S6925 (ACTIVE) - Details
S6925 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6925 SPONSOR: BIAGGI TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the location of polling sites for early voting in certain cities and towns PURPOSE: This bill amends previously enacted early voting provisions to provide that all medium-sized towns and cities in New York State must have at least one early voting polling location. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends § 8-600 of the Election Law to provide that, in cities and towns with a population of more than fifty thousand but less than one hundred thousand based on the latest federal decennial census, each such city and town must have at least one early voting polling location. If such cities and towns contain public transportation routes, such
S6925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6925 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E December 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the location of polling sites for early voting in certain cities and towns THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (d) 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: (d) Polling places for early voting shall be located so that voters in the county have adequate and equitable access, 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 appropriate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN CITIES AND TOWNS WITH A POPU- LATION OF MORE THAN FIFTY THOUSAND BUT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, EACH SUCH CITY AND TOWN MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, AND, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, IF SUCH CITIES OR TOWNS HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SUCH POLLING PLACE SHALL BE SITUATED ALONG SUCH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. The provisions of section 4-104 of this chapter, except subdivisions four and five of such section, shall apply to the designation of polling places for early voting except to the extent such provisions are inconsistent with 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. LBD14366-03-9
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