Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 22, 2021 |
signed chap.781 |
Dec 10, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.709 substituted for a5424a |
Jun 10, 2021 |
substituted by s4306b |
Jun 09, 2021 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.709 rules report cal.709 reported reported referred to rules reported referred to ways and means |
Jun 07, 2021 |
print number 5424a |
Jun 07, 2021 |
amend (t) and recommit to election law |
Feb 16, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A5424A
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TAYLOR
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4306 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
2021-A5424 - Details
2021-A5424 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5424 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "Make Voting Easy Act" to require that the board of elections designate at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of twen- ty-five thousand registered voters in each county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Make Voting Easy Act". § 2. 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] TWENTY-FIVE 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] TWENTY-FIVE thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling place. § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 of section 8-600 of the election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03251-03-1
2021-A5424A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A5424A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5424--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "Make Voting Easy Act" to require that the board of elections designate a number of early voting polling places based on the number of regis- tered voters in each county THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Make Voting Easy Act". § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2021, paragraph (b) as added and paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) as relettered by chapter 110 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 2. (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]. (B) THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTY OR, IF THERE IS NO CITY IN THE COUNTY, THE municipality with the highest population in each county based on the latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in Washington county, shall have at least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such CITY OR municipality has public transportation routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation routes. [There] (C) IN COUNTIES WITH AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND REGISTERED VOTERS, THERE shall be so designated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of [fifty] FORTY thousand registered voters [in each county; provided, however,]. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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