STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  consolidation  of
          certain election districts in the county of Westchester
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-a.  Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision two of this section
     4  to the contrary, the board of elections of the county of Westchester may
     5  merge any election district with fifty or fewer registered  voters  into
     6  an  existing election district so long as both such districts are within
     7  the same ward, town, city or village, and the same  county  legislative,
     8  assembly, senatorial and congressional district. Furthermore, no consol-
     9  idated  election  district  created  pursuant  to this subdivision shall
    10  exceed the total number of registered voters, excluding  registrants  in
    11  inactive status, exceed the maximum number permitted by this section.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06694-01-9