S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1550
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to appointment of election
         inspectors
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  340  of  the  laws  of 1995, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    6. No person shall be certified or act as  an  election  inspector  or
    5  poll clerk who is not a registered voter and a resident of the county in
    6  which he serves, or within the city of New York, of such city, who holds
    7  any  elective public office, or who is a candidate for any public office
    8  to be voted for by the voters of the district in which he is  to  serve,
    9  or the spouse, parent or child of such a candidate, OR WHO HOLDS A PARTY
   10  POSITION  OR  PARTY  OFFICE,  or  who  is not able to speak and read the
   11  English language and write it legibly.
   12    S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 3-401 of the election law, as  added  by
   13  chapter 175 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   14    5.  No person shall be certified or act as an election coordinator who
   15  is not a registered voter and a resident  of  the  county  in  which  he
   16  serves,  or  within  the  city  of New York, of such city, who holds any
   17  elective public office, or who is a candidate for any public  office  to
   18  be  voted  for by the voters of the district in which he is to serve, OR
   19  THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE, OR WHO  HOLDS  A  PARTY
   20  POSITION  OR  PARTY OFFICE, or [which] WHO is not able to speak and read
   21  the English language and write it legibly.
   22    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
   23  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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