Senate Bill S7856

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides remedies for disrupted elections

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7856 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8581
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-109, amd §§8-100, 8-102 & 8-600, El L

2023-S7856 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections.

2023-S7856 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7856 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7856
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GOUNARDES, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing a remedy  for
   election disruptions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-109
 to read as follows:
   §  3-109. DISRUPTION; ADDITIONAL TIME FOR VOTING; PUBLICITY OF REMEDY.
 1. (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF  THIS  SECTION,  IN  THE
 EVENT  THAT  EARLY  VOTING OR ELECTION DAY VOTING AT ONE OR MORE POLLING
 PLACES, OR FOR ONE OR MORE ELECTION DISTRICTS, IS DELAYED  OR  DISRUPTED
 PRIOR  TO  THE  CLOSE  OF  POLLS  ON  ANY DAY OF ELECTION FOR A DURATION
 EXCEEDING FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE MINUTES,  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL
 TOLL,  ADJUST, AND EXTEND THE SCHEDULED TIMEFRAME FOR VOTING ON THAT DAY
 OF ELECTION TO ACCOUNT FOR AND COMPENSATE THE LOST TIME  FOR  VOTING  AT
 ALL SUCH IMPACTED POLLING PLACES OR ELECTION DISTRICTS.
   (B)  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IN THE EVENT THAT
 EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION DAY VOTING AT ONE OR MORE  POLLING  PLACES,  OR
 FOR ONE OR MORE ELECTION DISTRICTS, IS DELAYED OR DISRUPTED, SUCH SCHED-
 ULED  TIMEFRAME  FOR  VOTING  SHALL BE TOLLED, BEGINNING FROM THE ACTUAL
 TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE DELAY OR DISRUPTION TO VOTING, OR,  IF  SUCH
 ACTUAL  TIME  CANNOT BE REASONABLY DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
 BEGINNING AT THE LATEST  FROM  THE  TIME  A  REPORT  OF  SUCH  DELAY  OR
 DISRUPTION  IS FIRST ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED OR TELEPHONICALLY COMMU-
 NICATED TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. SUCH  TOLLING  SHALL  CONTINUE  UNTIL
 SUCH  TIME  AS  THE  DELAY  OR  DISRUPTION  TO  VOTING HAS ENDED AND THE
 IMPACTED ELECTION DISTRICTS AND POLLING PLACES HAVE REOPENED FOR VOTING,
 OR THE TIME FOR THE SCHEDULED CLOSE OF POLLS ON THAT  DAY  OF  ELECTION,
 WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. THE SCHEDULED TIMEFRAME FOR VOTING SHALL THEN BE
 ADJUSTED,  PROPORTIONATELY,  FOR  EACH  SUCH  POLLING  PLACE OR ELECTION
 DISTRICT, AND EXTENDED ON THAT DAY OF ELECTION,  OR,  IF  EXTENDING  THE
 TIMEFRAME  FOR  VOTING  AT  SUCH ELECTION DISTRICTS OR POLLING PLACES ON
 THAT DAY OF ELECTION, OR IN THAT  LOCATION,  WOULD  BE  ADMINISTRATIVELY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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