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Assembly Bill A34

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to designating state and city university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites

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2023-A34 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-104, add §8-604, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8783
2021-2022: A4179
2025-2026: A2554

2023-A34 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates campuses which are operated by the state university of New York or the city university of New York as early voting sites and polling sites.

2023-A34 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    34
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SAYEGH, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating  state  and
   city university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
   5-B.  WHENEVER  A  CAMPUS WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND HAS AN ON CAMPUS  DORMI-
 TORY, A POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR REGISTRANTS ON SUCH CAMPUS SHALL BE
 AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY SUCH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-604 to read
 as follows:
   §  8-604.  EARLY  VOTING  ON  STATE AND CITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. EACH
 CAMPUS WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND WHICH HAS AN ON CAMPUS DORMITORY  SHALL  HAVE
 AN EARLY VOTING SITE ON SUCH CAMPUS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01767-01-3

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