Bill Text: NY A07208 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7208 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to election law [A07208 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07208-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7208
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, HOOPER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to requiring boards of
          elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-507
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-507. Boards of elections; voting materials in Haitian Creole. Each
     4  board of elections shall provide the same information in Haitian  Creole
     5  that  it  provides  in  languages  other than English on its website. It
     6  shall also produce and disseminate citywide a booklet that includes: (a)
     7  a voter registration  form  in  English  with  instructions  in  Haitian
     8  Creole;  (b)  instructions  in Haitian Creole regarding the criteria and
     9  application process for obtaining an absentee ballot; and (c) a  section
    10  with  general  voter  information in Haitian Creole including frequently
    11  asked questions. Such board may include other languages on  its  website
    12  and in such booklet.
    13    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    14  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.
                                                                   LBD07004-02-7