STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          51--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. QUART, LAVINE, ROZIC, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.    of  A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on  Election
          Law   in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  split  shifts  for
          election inspectors or poll clerks

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  293  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    7. The board of elections  may  employ  election  inspectors  or  poll
     5  clerks to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
     6  er,  that  at  least  one inspector from each of the two major political
     7  parties is present at the poll site for the entire time that  the  polls
     8  are  open.  Each county board of elections shall prescribe the necessary
     9  rules and procedures to ensure proper poll site operation.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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