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Assembly Bill A6690

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing a longer period for early voting and designating early voting polling places for a lesser increment of registered voters

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2021-A6690 (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:
A10346

2021-A6690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes early voting to be available for forty-nine days before an election; designates at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of twenty-five thousand registered voters.

2021-A6690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6690
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  authorizing  a  longer
   period  for  early  voting and designating early voting polling places
   for a lesser increment of registered voters

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 8-600  of  the  election law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 6 of the
 laws of 2019 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 74
 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Beginning the [tenth] FORTY-NINTH day prior to any general,  prima-
 ry, run-off primary pursuant to subdivision one of section 6-162 of this
 chapter  or special election for any public or party position except for
 such an election held pursuant to title two of article  six  or  article
 fifteen  of  this  chapter,  and  ending on and including the second day
 prior to such general, primary, run-off primary or special election  for
 such public office or party position, persons duly registered and eligi-
 ble  to  vote at such election shall be permitted to vote as provided in
 this title. The board of elections shall establish  procedures,  subject
 to  approval of the state board of elections, to ensure that persons who
 vote during the early voting period  shall  not  be  permitted  to  vote
 subsequently in the same election.
   (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, or the county seat in Washington  coun-
 ty,  shall  have at least one polling place designated for early voting,
 and to the extent practicable if such municipality has public  transpor-
 tation routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transpor-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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