Senate Bill S8953

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of polling sites for early voting in certain counties

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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-S8953 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11011
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5176, A5802

2019-S8953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires counties with a population of one million or more to have at least one polling place in each town and city of such counties.

2019-S8953 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8953
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 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, and 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  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.
                                                            LBD17195-02-0

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