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Assembly Bill A9926

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires early voting occurs on the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the election within the early voting period

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2023-A9926 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A6673

2023-A9926 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires early voting occurs on the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the election within the early voting period.

2023-A9926 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9926
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring early  voting
   occurs  on  the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the
   election within the early voting period
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 8-600 of
 the election law, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of
 2021  and  paragraph  (d) as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (c) Polls shall be open for early voting  for  at  least  eight  hours
 between  nine o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening on
 each FRIDAY, Saturday, Sunday and [legal  holiday]  TUESDAY  during  the
 early voting period.
   (d)  Nothing  in this section shall be construed to prohibit any board
 of elections from establishing a greater  number  of  hours  for  voting
 during  the  early  voting period beyond the number of hours required in
 this subdivision; PROVIDED HOWEVER, NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS  SHALL  ESTAB-
 LISH  DAYS  WHERE  EARLY  VOTING IS PERMITTED BESIDES THOSE PERMITTED IN
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13969-01-4

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