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Senate Bill S6349

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the county seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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2021-S6349 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7322
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3091

2021-S6349 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2021-S6349 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6349 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6349
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 Wayne 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 WAYNE 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  desig-
 nated  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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10939-01-1

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