Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 20, 2022 | print number 7186a |
Jan 20, 2022 | amend and recommit to election law |
Jan 05, 2022 | referred to election law |
Apr 29, 2021 | referred to election law |
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A7186 - Details
A7186 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7186 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number 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 (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. IN CITIES OR TOWNS WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOU- SAND, BUT LESS THAN ONE MILLION BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS, THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY FULL INCREMENT OF FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS IN SUCH CITIES AND TOWNS BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES IN EACH SUCH CITY AND TOWN SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE GREATER THAN ELEVEN, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, IF SUCH CITIES OR TOWNS HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SUCH POLLING PLACES SHALL BE SITUATED ALONG SUCH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Al Taylor
A7186A (ACTIVE) - Details
A7186A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7186--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 29, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number 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 (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: (a) (I) 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. (II) IN CITIES OR TOWNS WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT LESS THAN ONE MILLION BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNI- AL CENSUS, THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY FULL INCREMENT OF FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS IN SUCH CITIES AND TOWNS BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES IN EACH SUCH CITY AND TOWN SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE GREATER THAN ELEVEN, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICA- BLE, IF SUCH CITIES OR TOWNS HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SUCH POLLING PLACES SHALL BE SITUATED ALONG SUCH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06622-04-2