NY State Senate Bill S6684A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 17, 2022	referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Mar 01, 2022	2nd report cal.
Feb 28, 2022	1st report cal.565
Jan 05, 2022	referred to elections
May 24, 2021	print number 6684a
May 24, 2021	amend and recommit to elections
May 12, 2021	referred to elections

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May 17, 2022 - floor Vote

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Feb 28, 2022 - Elections committee Vote

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Elections Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2022

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S6684 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7780
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-300, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S644, A1258

S6684 - Summary

Requires every board of elections to employ a minimum of four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners and two additional employees for every twenty thousand active registered voters beyond forty thousand active registered voters.

S6684 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6684

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing minimum
staffing levels for local board of elections

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation would ensure that each local board of elections is
properly staffed with an appropriate number of employees proportional to
the number of registered voters.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 3-300 of the Election Law. Requires boards of
elections to employ a minimum of 2 full time staffers and additional
employees for every 20,000 registered voters.

Section 2. Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Voting is a part of an individual's civic duty. Participation in poli-
tical discourse and elections has increased over the past two years.
This is largely in part to the fact that New York State has taken affir-
mative action to increase voter participation and increase access to
voting.

Recent chapters allow for early voting, ballot drop boxes, and mail in
voting. The State is also poised to adopt automatic voter registration,
same day registration, a permanent no-fault absentee ballot program.
Many boards of elections currently rely on a mix of full time employees
and temporary employees during election seasons.  These new programs
require a full time staff who is qualified, trained, and up to date with
current election law.

The State has assisted local boards with funding early voting initi-
atives, including most recently, $2 million in additional funding for
Local Boards of Elections in the Adopted Budget FY 2021-2022. A majority
of local boards' current staffing structure already comply with this
legislation.

This would ensure uniformity so that boards of elections are equipped to
handle the volume of voters in a given area. Nothing in this law would
prohibit a board of elections from hiring more staff than as required by
this legislation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6684 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6684
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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  establishing  minimum
   staffing levels for local board of elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-300 of the election law is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  3-300. Board employees; appointment. Every board of elections shall
 appoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians,
 custodians and  other  employees,  fix  their  number,  prescribe  their
 duties,  fix  their  titles and rank and establish their salaries within
 the amounts appropriated therefor by  the  local  legislative  body  and
 shall  secure  in the appointment of employees of the board of elections
 equal representation of the major political parties.    EVERY  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  SHALL  EMPLOY, AT A MINIMUM, TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IN ADDI-
 TION TO THE APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS FOR EVERY FULL ALLOTMENT  OF  TWENTY
 THOUSAND   REGISTERED  VOTERS.  Every  commissioner  in  each  board  of
 elections except for commissioners of the board of elections of the city
 of New York, may approve and at pleasure remove a deputy, establish  his
 title  and  prescribe  his duties. In the city of New York, the board of
 elections shall appoint an executive director  and  a  deputy  executive
 director  whose  duties  it  shall be to supervise the operations of the
 board of elections under the supervision of such board.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11388-01-1

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S6684A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7780
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-300, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S644, A1258

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S6684A

SPONSOR: MANNION
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing minimum
staffing levels for local board of elections

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation would ensure that each local board of elections is
properly staffed with an appropriate number of employees proportional to
the number of registered voters.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends section 3-300 of the Election Law. Requires boards of
elections to employ a minimum of 4 full time staffers and employ an
additional 2 employees for every 20,000 active registered voters.

Section 2. Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Voting is a part of an individual's civic duty. Participation in poli-
tical discourse and elections has increased over the past two years.
This is largely in part to the fact that New York State has taken affir-
mative action to increase voter participation and increase access to
voting.

Recent chapters allow for early voting, ballot drop boxes, and mail in
voting. The State is also poised to adopt automatic voter registration,
same day registration, a permanent no-fault absentee ballot program.
Many boards of elections currently rely on a mix of full time employees
and temporary employees during election seasons.  These new programs
require a full time staff who is qualified, trained, and up to date with
current election law.

The State has assisted local boards with funding early voting initi-
atives, including most recently, $2 million in additional funding for
Local Boards of Elections in the Adopted Budget FY 2021-2022. A majority
of local boards' current staffing structure already comply with this
legislation. This would ensure uniformity so that boards of elections
are equipped to handle the volume of voters in a given area. Nothing in
this law would prohibit a board of elections from hiring more staff than
as required by this legislation.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

TBD.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6684--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to establishing minimum
   staffing levels for local board of elections

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-300  of the election law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 3-300. Board employees; appointment. Every board of elections  shall
 appoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians,
 custodians  and  other  employees,  fix  their  number,  prescribe their
 duties, fix their titles and rank and establish  their  salaries  within
 the  amounts  appropriated  therefor  by  the local legislative body and
 shall secure in the appointment of employees of the board  of  elections
 equal  representation  of  the  major political parties.  EVERY BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL EMPLOY, AT A MINIMUM, FOUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IN  ADDI-
 TION  TO  THE  APPOINTED  COMMISSIONERS.   EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
 EMPLOY TWO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES FOR EVERY FULL ALLOTMENT OF TWENTY THOU-
 SAND ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTERS BEYOND FORTY  THOUSAND  ACTIVE  REGISTERED
 VOTERS. Every commissioner in each board of elections except for commis-
 sioners  of  the board of elections of the city of New York, may approve
 and at pleasure remove a deputy, establish his title and  prescribe  his
 duties. In the city of New York, the board of elections shall appoint an
 executive director and a deputy executive director whose duties it shall
 be  to  supervise  the  operations  of  the board of elections under the
 supervision of such board.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11388-02-1

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May 17, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 17, 2022

Feb 28, 2022 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2022

Bill Amendments

S6684 - Details

S6684 - Summary

S6684 - Sponsor Memo

S6684 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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John W. Mannion

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate

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Votes

May 17, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 17, 2022

Feb 28, 2022 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Feb 28, 2022

Bill Amendments

S6684 - Details

S6684 - Summary

S6684 - Sponsor Memo

S6684 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Alessandra Biaggi

Rachel May

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Details

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6684A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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