NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6215

Senate Bill S6215

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6478 - Signed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 21, 2021	signed chap.110 delivered to governor
May 12, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.878 substituted for s6215
May 12, 2021	substituted by a6478
May 05, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 04, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 03, 2021	1st report cal.878
Apr 15, 2021	referred to elections

Votes

- May 12, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A6478
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 12, 2021
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (1)
      
      Borrello
  May 3, 2021 - Elections Committee Vote
  S6215
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Elections Committee Vote: May 3, 2021
      
      aye (7)
      
      Brouk
      
      Kavanagh
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Rath III
      
      Ritchie

2021-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6478
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L

2021-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections when no voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county are eligible to vote.

2021-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6215

SPONSOR: BRESLIN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to early voting polling
places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections at
which no voters are eligible to vote

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for
certain special, primary and run-off primary elections.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

§ 1-Amends subdivision 2 of § 8-600 of the Election Law by re-lettering
paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) and adding a new paragraph (b) to state
that, "For any special, primary or run-off primary election at which no
voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county
are eligible to vote, the board of elections may, in lieu of having an

early voting polling place in such municipality, designate a polling
place for early voting in the municipality with the highest population
within the county within which the voters are eligible to vote at such
special, primary, or run-off primary election."

§ 2-Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

At primary, special or run-off primary elections, the situation often
arises whereby not all municipalities within a county have an election.
If the municipality with the largest population has no contest and its
voters are ineligible to participate in the primary, it is imprudent to
require an early voting location to be in such municipality where no one
can vote.  This legislation would relieve a board of elections of the
requirement to put an early voting site in a municipality that is not
participating in a primary or special election, provided that, in lieu
of that, an early voting site is placed in a municipality with the high-
est population within the county where voters are eligible to vote at
such primary or special election.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S6215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6215
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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  early  voting  polling
   places  for  certain special, primary and run-off primary elections at
   which no voters are eligible to vote

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (b),  (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section
 8-600 of the election law are relettered paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) and
 a new paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
   (B) FOR ANY SPECIAL, PRIMARY OR RUN-OFF PRIMARY ELECTION AT  WHICH  NO
 VOTERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION WITHIN THE COUNTY
 ARE  ELIGIBLE  TO VOTE, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY, IN LIEU OF HAVING AN
 EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE IN SUCH  MUNICIPALITY,  DESIGNATE  A  POLLING
 PLACE  FOR  EARLY VOTING IN THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION
 WITHIN THE COUNTY WITHIN WHICH THE VOTERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE  AT  SUCH
 SPECIAL, PRIMARY, OR RUN-OFF PRIMARY ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10429-02-1

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