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Senate Bill S6130

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice law in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state

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2023-S6130 - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-500, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2866
2011-2012: S2348
2013-2014: S3373
2015-2016: S5982
2017-2018: S3405
2019-2020: S4552
2021-2022: S5039

2023-S6130 - Summary

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

2023-S6130 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6130 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6130
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, COMRIE, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER --
   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 watchers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-500  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  418  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the  city  or  county  in
 which  he  or  she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or act as a
 watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by  the
 voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch-
 er  is  to  serve.  Nothing  in  this  subdivision shall be construed as
 prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a  polling  place  in  such
 district on an election day while the polls are open, OR AN ATTORNEY WHO
 IS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT AND IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW THEREIN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01553-01-3

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2023-S6130A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-500, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2866
2011-2012: S2348
2013-2014: S3373
2015-2016: S5982
2017-2018: S3405
2019-2020: S4552
2021-2022: S5039

2023-S6130A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

2023-S6130A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6130A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6130--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. PARKER, BAILEY, COMRIE, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, MAYER --
   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 watchers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section 8-500 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 418 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  Each  watcher  must  be a qualified voter of the city or county in
 which he or she is to serve; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A QUALIFIED VOTER WHO IS
 A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT AND IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE  LAW  THEREIN  MAY
 SERVE  AS  A WATCHER AT ANY POLLING PLACE.  No person shall be appointed
 or act as a watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted
 for by the voters of the election district in the same election in which
 the watcher is to serve. Nothing in this subdivision shall be  construed
 as  prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a polling place in such
 district on an election day while the polls are open.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01553-03-3

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