NY State Senate Bill 2023-S4867A

Senate Bill S4867A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to elections
Mar 01, 2023	print number 4867a
Mar 01, 2023	amend (t) and recommit to elections
Feb 16, 2023	referred to elections

Bill Amendments

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2023-S4867 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4758
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8593, A9579

2023-S4867 - Summary

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2023-S4867 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4867 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4867
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 exempting the county of
   Fulton from the requirement that at least one  early  voting  site  be
   located in the largest city in such county

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  8-600  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The largest city in the county or, if there  is  no  city  in  the
 county,  the  municipality  with  the  highest population in each county
 based on the latest federal decennial census,  or  the  county  seat  in
 Washington  county, shall have at least one polling place designated for
 early voting, and to the extent practicable if such city or municipality
 has public transportation routes, such polling place shall  be  situated
 along such transportation routes.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COUNTY OF
 FULTON  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED
 FOR EARLY VOTING AS REQUIRED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, BUT SHALL  BE  EXEMPT
 FROM THE REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH THAT AT LEAST ONE SUCH POLLING
 PLACE  DESIGNATED  FOR  EARLY  VOTING  BE LOCATED IN THE LARGEST CITY OR
 OTHER MUNICIPALITY HAVING THE HIGHEST POPULATION IN SUCH COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08028-02-3

2023-S4867A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4758
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8593, A9579

2023-S4867A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2023-S4867A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4867A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4867--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to requiring the county
   seat in Fulton county to have at least one  polling  place  designated
   for early voting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-600  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  781  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early
 voting, which may include the offices of the  board  of  elections,  for
 persons to vote early pursuant to this title.
   (b)  The  largest  city  in  the county or, if there is no city in the
 county, the municipality with the  highest  population  in  each  county
 based  on  the  latest  federal  decennial census, or the county seat in
 Washington county, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN FULTON COUNTY,  shall  have  at
 least  one  polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent
 practicable if such  city  or  municipality  has  public  transportation
 routes,  such  polling place shall be situated along such transportation
 routes.
   (c) In counties with at least five hundred thousand registered voters,
 there shall be so designated at least one early voting polling place for
 every full increment of forty thousand registered voters.
   (d) In all other counties with less than five hundred thousand  regis-
 tered  voters,  there  shall  be so designated at least one early voting
 polling place for every full increment  of  thirty  thousand  registered
 voters;  provided, however, the number of early voting polling places in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08028-03-3
 S. 4867--A                          2

 
 counties with less than five hundred thousand  registered  voters  shall
 not be required to be greater than ten nor less than one.
   (e)  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.
   (f) The board of elections of each county or the city of New York  may
 establish  additional  polling  places for early voting in excess of the
 minimum number required by  this  subdivision  for  the  convenience  of
 eligible voters.
   (g)  Notwithstanding  the  minimum  number  of early voting poll sites
 otherwise required by this  subdivision,  for  any  primary  or  special
 election,  upon  majority  vote of the board of elections, the number of
 early voting sites may be reduced when the board of elections determines
 a lesser number of sites is  sufficient  to  meet  the  needs  of  early
 voters.
   (h) Polling places for early voting shall be located so that voters in
 the county have adequate and equitable access, 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.  The  provisions  of section 4-104 of this chapter, except subdivi-
 sions four and five of such section, shall apply to the  designation  of
 polling places for early voting except to the extent such provisions are
 inconsistent with this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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