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| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to elections |
| Feb 18, 2021 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S4944
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 54th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
2021-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4944 Revised 2/19/2021
SPONSOR: HELMING
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the county
seat in Seneca county to have at least one polling place designated for
early voting
PURPOSE:
Requires the county seat in Seneca County to have at least one polling
place designated for early voting.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 8-600 of the Election Law to provide that the county seat of
Seneca County may be a designated as an early polling site for the
purposes of such law. (Amends Chapter 344 of 2020).
2021-S4944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4944
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 18, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 requiring the county
seat in Seneca county to have at least one polling place designated
for early voting
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, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN SENECA COUNTY,
shall have at least one polling place designated for early voting, and
to the extent practicable if such municipality 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 plac-
es 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09578-01-1
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