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
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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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

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May 12, 2021 - floor Vote

A6478
62
1
floor
62
Aye
1
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 12, 2021

aye (62)
nay (1)

May 3, 2021 - Elections committee Vote

S6215
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: May 3, 2021

aye (7)

S6215 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

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.

S6215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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