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Senate Bill S5039

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice law in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state

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2021-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9222
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-500, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2866
2011-2012: S2348
2013-2014: S3373, A6776
2015-2016: S5982, A2824
2017-2018: S3405, A4984
2019-2020: S4552, A4044
2023-2024: S6130, A530

2021-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

2021-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5039 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5039
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, COMRIE, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER --
   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 watchers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-500  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  418  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the  city  or  county  in
 which  he  or  she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or act as a
 watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by  the
 voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch-
 er  is  to  serve.  Nothing  in  this  subdivision shall be construed as
 prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a  polling  place  in  such
 district on an election day while the polls are open, OR AN ATTORNEY WHO
 IS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT AND IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW THEREIN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09249-01-1

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