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Senate Bill S5195

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the composition of boards of elections

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2025-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A400
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §8, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5288
2011-2012: S90
2013-2014: S180
2015-2016: S162
2017-2018: S1798, S7035
2019-2020: S2368
2021-2022: S3094, A6597
2023-2024: S667, A755

2025-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

2025-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5195
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 8 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the composition of boards of elections

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 8 of  arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  8.  All  laws  creating, regulating or affecting boards or officers
 charged with the duty of qualifying voters, or of  distributing  ballots
 to  voters,  or  of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections,
 shall secure equal representation of the two political parties which, at
 the general election next preceding that for which such boards or  offi-
 cers  are  to  serve,  cast  the  highest and the next highest number of
 votes. All such boards and officers shall be  appointed  or  elected  in
 such  manner,  and  upon  the nomination of such representatives of said
 parties respectively, as the legislature may direct AND SHALL HAVE  SUCH
 OTHER  QUALIFICATIONS FOR PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY
 DIRECT.  Existing laws on this subject shall continue until the legisla-
 ture shall otherwise provide. This section shall not apply to  town,  or
 village elections.
   §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89017-01-5

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