NY State Senate Bill S242

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 10, 2023	referred to election law
Jan 09, 2023	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.3 reported and committed to rules
Jan 04, 2023	referred to elections

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Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

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S242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6926
2021-2022: S557

S242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

S242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S242

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing portable
polling locations for early voting

 
PURPOSE:

Section 1: amends the election law to allow counties the option to
establish two or more locations for portable polling places for early
voting, which must be operative for no fewer than three consecutive days
and that will not replace or otherwise decrease the mandated number of
regular early voting polling places.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends the election law to allow counties the option to
establish two or more locations for portable polling places for early
voting, which must be operative for no fewer than three consecutive days
and that will not replace or otherwise decrease the mandated number of

regular early voting polling places. The location for such polling plac-
es must be determined no more than 14 days prior to the election and
must be part of the communication plans developed by boards of
elections.

Section 2: effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Unlike many states around the country, New York has taken many steps to
make voting easier and less confusing. One of the major steps toward
greater ballot access taken by the state is early voting.  Creating a
broader window for people to cast their ballot is a proven way to
increase voter turnout. However, fully accessible allocation of polling
places has proven difficult to achieve. A simple solution to this is to
add portable early voting polling places to the regular polling places
designated by counties. portable early voting sites have proven very
effective in other states, especially in allowing for expanded access by
rural and elderly voters. This legislation creates the option for coun-
ties to run two or more portable sites for three consecutive days during
the early voting period, allowing them the flexibility to bring early
voting to harder-to-reach parts of their districts.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022 - S.55A (May) Passed Senate / A.4568 (Galef)

2019-2020 - S.6926-A (May) Passed Senate / A.9613 (Galef)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    242
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  portable
   polling locations for early voting

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  (A) IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES REQUIRED BY
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY  ESTAB-
 LISH  ONE  OR  MORE  PORTABLE  POLLING  LOCATIONS  FOR PURPOSES OF EARLY
 VOTING, PROVIDED THAT THE MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  LOCATIONS  A  COUNTY  MAY
 ESTABLISH FOR SUCH PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  BASED  ON  POPULATION.  THE DESIGNATION AND
 LOCATION OF ANY PORTABLE POLLING PLACE SHALL BE MADE NO LATER THAN FOUR-
 TEEN DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION.
   (B) LOCATIONS FOR PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 SELECTED TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  VOTERS  IN  A  COUNTY  WITH
 ADEQUATE  ACCESS  TO  EARLY VOTING, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION POPULATION
 DENSITY, TRAVEL TIME TO THE POLLING  PLACE,  PROXIMITY  TO  OTHER  EARLY
 VOTING  POLL  SITES,  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  ROUTES,  COMMUTER  TRAFFIC
 PATTERNS AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  DEEMS  APPROPRI-
 ATE.  SUCH LOCATION OR LOCATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COMMU-
 NICATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) LOCATIONS FOR PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 OPERATIONAL FOR NO FEWER THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
   (D)  NO PORTABLE POLLING LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING ESTABLISHED BY THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL REPLACE OR OTHERWISE DECREASE THE  NUMBER  OF  POLLING
 PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00246-01-3
 S. 242                              2
 
   (E)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF EARLY VOTING AT PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS,
 ANY BALLOTS CAST AT SUCH PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Jan 9, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

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S242 (ACTIVE) - Details

S242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Rachel May

Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

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Jan 9, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Co-Sponsors

Jeremy A. Cooney

Lea Webb

S242 (ACTIVE) - Details

S242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S242 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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