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Assembly Bill A6449

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places

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2025-A6449 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S569
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-110, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6939, S5537

2025-A6449 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

2025-A6449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6449
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  county
   boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places
 
   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  8-110
 to read as follows:
   § 8-110. COUNTY-WIDE  POLLING  PLACES.  1.    FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, THE TERM "COUNTY-WIDE POLLING PLACE" SHALL MEAN A POLLING PLACE
 IN A COUNTY WHERE ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE IN SUCH COUNTY BY PERSONAL
 APPEARANCE MAY SO VOTE ON THE DAY  OF  A  PRIMARY  ELECTION  OR  GENERAL
 ELECTION.
   2.  A  COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ESTABLISH ONE OR MORE COUNTY-WIDE
 POLLING PLACES IN ITS COUNTY,  UPON  APPROVAL  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   3.  ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE IN A COUNTY BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE MAY
 DO SO AT ANY COUNTY-WIDE POLLING PLACE ESTABLISHED IN SUCH COUNTY PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   4. ANY SUCH COUNTY-WIDE POLLING PLACE SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  ALL  OTHER
 VOTING  AND  POLLING PLACE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE NOT OTHERWISE
 INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5. NO COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH A COUNTY-WIDE  POLLING
 PLACE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING APPROVAL FROM THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS.  A  COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY SEEK SUCH
 APPROVAL BY SUBMITTING ITS PLANS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT  AND  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  OF  SUCH COUNTY-WIDE POLLING PLACE TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS BEFORE THE DATE  OF  THE  NEXT  ELECTION.  THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTAB-
 LISHING THE APPROVAL PROCESS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, AND GOVERNING
 THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF  COUNTY-WIDE  POLLING  PLACES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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