Bill Text: NY A06879 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the county seat in Delaware county (Delhi) to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in election law [A06879 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06879-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6879

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 13, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  requiring  the  county
          seat  in Delaware county to have at least one polling place designated
          for early voting

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
     2  election law, as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2021,  is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a)  The  board  of elections shall designate polling places for early
     5  voting, which may include the offices of the  board  of  elections,  for
     6  persons  to  vote  early pursuant to this title; provided, however, that
     7  the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the
     8  latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in Washington  coun-
     9  ty, or the county seat in Delaware county, shall have at least one poll-
    10  ing  place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if
    11  such municipality has public transportation routes, such  polling  place
    12  shall  be  situated  along such transportation routes. There shall be so
    13  designated at least one early voting polling place for every full incre-
    14  ment of fifty thousand  registered  voters  in  each  county;  provided,
    15  however, the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not
    16  be  required  to  be  greater  than  ten  unless  required  by any other
    17  provision of law, and a county with fewer  than  fifty  thousand  voters
    18  shall have at least one early voting polling place.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10687-01-1