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senate Bill S5693
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Kevin S. Parker
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Neil D. Breslin
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Michael Gianaris
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 26th Senate District
John C. Liu
(D) 16th Senate District
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Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
Roxanne J. Persaud
(D) 19th Senate District
Toby Ann Stavisky
(D) 11th Senate District
S5693 (ACTIVE) - Details
S5693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5693 SPONSOR: PARKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of election districts and the designation of polling places PURPOSE: This bill would provide that election districts shall not be drawn in such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college or universi- ty campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300 or more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also require that the poll sites for election districts serving such concentrations of college or university voters shall be on the campus or college or university property, or, at a site approved by the college or universi- ty. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law is amended
S5693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5693
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 13, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BRESLIN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, LIU, MAY,
MYRIE, PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- 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 the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places
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 is
amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
(I) WHENEVER A CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CONTAINS
THREE HUNDRED OR MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE
STATUS) WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS
PROPERTY, SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE COLLEGE
OR UNIVERSITY SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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