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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 13, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A1924
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL D
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A1924 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-600, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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A11165
2021-A1924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1924 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring counties in the state to increase the amount of early voting polling places during presidential election years 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 amended by chapter 344 of the laws of 2020, 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; provided, however, that the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the latest federal decennial census shall have at least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such muni- cipality has public transportation routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation routes. There shall be so designated 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 ten unless required by any other provision of law, and a county with fewer than fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling place. DURING ANY YEAR IN WHICH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS TAKING PLACE, THERE SHALL BE SO DESIGNATED AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY FULL INCREMENT OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS IN EACH COUNTY FOR VOTING IN SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT DURING ANY SUCH YEAR IN WHICH A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS TAKING PLACE, THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES IN A COUNTY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE GREATER THAN FIFTEEN, AND A COUNTY WITH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05141-02-1
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