NY State Senate Bill S4658

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 10, 2022	referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.8 reported and committed to rules
Jan 05, 2022	referred to elections returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 07, 2021	referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate
May 19, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 12, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 11, 2021	1st report cal.1055
Feb 08, 2021	referred to elections

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S4658 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A454
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-104, 4-100 & 8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2003, A3430, A9386
2011-2012: S1851, A2162
2013-2014: S888, A1116
2015-2016: S1412, A2806
2017-2018: S3092, A5949, A10840
2019-2020: S4378, A5661
2023-2024: S5693

S4658 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

S4658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4658

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would provide that election districts shall not be drawn in
such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college or universi-
ty campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300 or
more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also require
that the poll sites for election districts serving such concentrations
of college or university voters shall be on the campus or college or
university property, or, at a site approved by the college or universi-
ty.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 4-104 of the election law by
adding a subdivision 5-a. Section one provides that whenever a contig-
uous property of a college or university contains 300 or more regis-
trants, (excluding registrants in inactive status), who are registered
to vote at an address on such a contiguous college or university proper-
ty, the polling place for such registrant shall be on such property or
at a location approved by the college or university.

Section two of the bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
47100 of the election law to add contiguous properties of colleges and
universities with 300 or more registered voters, (excluding registrants
in inactive status), to the list of geographic areas that cannot be
partly in and partly out of an election district.

Section three of the bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 8600 of the election law. Section 3 provides that' whenever a
contiguous property of a college or university contains 300 or more
registrants, (excluding registrants in active status) who are registered
to vote at an address on such a contiguous college or university proper-
ty, the polling place for such registrant shall be on such property or
at a location approved by the college or university.

Section 4 of the bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would provide college and university campuses, and other
college and university properties with large concentrations of voters,
with their own election districts and their own poll sites.  This bill
recognizes the fact that requiring residents of colleges and universi-
ties to vote at sites remote from their campuses, or requiring voters
unaffiliated with the colleges and universities to vote on campuses can
present unnecessary obstacles to voting.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.4378- Passed Senate

2017-18: S.3092 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

2015-16: S.1412A - Amend and Recommit to Elections

2013-14: S.888A - Referred to 'Elections

2011-12; S.1851A/A.2162A - Died in Elections

2009-10: S.2003A - PASSED SENATE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

minimal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.

S4658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4658
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  BRESLIN,  GAUGHRAN,  GIANARIS, LIU, MAY,
   PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to the boundaries of
   election districts and the designation of polling places

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  4-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A. WHENEVER  A  CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OF  A  COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY
 CONTAINS  THREE  HUNDRED  OR  MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN
 INACTIVE STATUS) WHO ARE REGISTERED  TO  VOTE  AT  AN  ADDRESS  ON  SUCH
 CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY,  THE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR SUCH REGISTRANTS
 SHALL BE ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR AT A LOCATION  APPROVED  BY  THE
 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   §  2.  Paragraph  a  of subdivision 3 of section 4-100 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a.  Each  election  district  shall  be in compact form and may not be
 partly within and partly without a ward, town, city, a village which has
 five thousand or more inhabitants and is wholly  within  one  town,  THE
 CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OF  A  COLLEGE  OR UNIVERSITY WHICH CONTAINS THREE
 HUNDRED OR MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN  INACTIVE  STATUS)
 WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, or
 a  county  legislative,  assembly, senatorial or congressional district.
 Except as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, election district
 boundaries, other than those boundaries which are coterminous  with  the
 boundaries  of  those  political  subdivisions AND COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
 PROPERTIES mentioned in this paragraph, must be streets,  rivers,  rail-
 road lines or other permanent characteristics of the landscape which are
 clearly  visible  to any person without the need to use any technical or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03331-02-1

 S. 4658                             2
 
 mechanical device. An election district shall contain not more than nine
 hundred fifty registrants (excluding registrants in inactive status) or,
 with the approval of the county board of elections, not more than eleven
 hundred  fifty  registrants  (excluding registrants in inactive status),
 but any election district may be divided  for  the  convenience  of  the
 voters.
   §  3.  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.   WHENEVER A CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OF  A
 COLLEGE  OR  UNIVERSITY  CONTAINS  THREE  HUNDRED  OR  MORE  REGISTRANTS
 (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE STATUS) WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT
 AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, SUCH CONTIGUOUS  PROPERTY  OR  A
 LOCATION APPROVED BY THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN
 EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
   § 4.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

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Jan 10, 2022 - floor Vote

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Jan 10, 2022 - Elections committee Vote

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Jan 10, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 10, 2022

Jun 7, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2021

May 10, 2021 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: May 10, 2021

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Jan 10, 2022 - Elections committee Vote

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Jun 7, 2021 - floor Vote

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May 10, 2021 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: May 10, 2021

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