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Senate Bill S6016

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the county seat in Delaware county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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2021-S6016 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6879
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S5114, A5494
2025-2026: A3622

2021-S6016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county seat in Delaware county (Delhi) to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2021-S6016 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6016
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTUCCI -- 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 Delaware 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 74 of the laws of 2021,  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 Washington  coun-
 ty, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN DELAWARE COUNTY, shall have at least one poll-
 ing  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 incre-
 ment 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10687-01-1

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