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May 17, 2022 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
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May 24, 2021 | print number 6684a |
May 24, 2021 | amend and recommit to elections |
May 12, 2021 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S6684A
Sponsored By
John W. Mannion
(D) 50th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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S6684 - Details
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
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
Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
S6684A (ACTIVE) - Details
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
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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