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Jan 17, 2023 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 09, 2023 | ordered to third reading cal.17 reported and committed to rules |
Jan 05, 2023 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S644
Sponsored By
John W. Mannion
(D) 50th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Lea Webb
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
S644 (ACTIVE) - Details
S644 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S644 SPONSOR: MANNION TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing minimum staffing levels for local board of elections PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation would ensure that each local board of elections is properly staffed with an appropriate number of employees proportional to the number of registered voters. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would require every board of elections to employ, at a mini- mum: * four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners; and,
S644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 644 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MANNION -- 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 minimum staffing levels for local board of elections THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3-300 of the election law is amended to read as follows: § 3-300. Board employees; appointment. Every board of elections shall appoint, and at its pleasure remove, clerks, voting machine technicians, custodians and other employees, fix their number, prescribe their duties, fix their titles and rank and establish their salaries within the amounts appropriated therefor by the local legislative body and shall secure in the appointment of employees of the board of elections equal representation of the major political parties. EVERY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL EMPLOY, AT A MINIMUM, FOUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES IN ADDI- TION TO THE APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS. EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL EMPLOY TWO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES FOR EVERY FULL ALLOTMENT OF TWENTY THOU- SAND ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTERS BEYOND FORTY THOUSAND ACTIVE REGISTERED VOTERS. Every commissioner in each board of elections except for commis- sioners of the board of elections of the city of New York, may approve and at pleasure remove a deputy, establish his title and prescribe his duties. In the city of New York, the board of elections shall appoint an executive director and a deputy executive director whose duties it shall be to supervise the operations of the board of elections under the supervision of such board. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03379-01-3
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