Bill Text: NY S05537 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-21 - referred to election law [S05537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05537-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5537--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 7, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to authorizing county
          boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places

          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 8-110
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 8-110. County-wide polling places. 1.   For  the  purposes  of  this
     4  section, the term "county-wide polling place" shall mean a polling place
     5  in a county where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal
     6  appearance  may  so  vote  on  the  day of a primary election or general
     7  election.
     8    2. A county board of elections may establish one or  more  county-wide
     9  polling  places  in  its  county,  upon  approval  by the state board of
    10  elections pursuant to subdivision five of this section.
    11    3. Any person entitled to vote in a county by personal appearance  may
    12  do so at any county-wide polling place established in such county pursu-
    13  ant to subdivision two of this section.
    14    4.  Any  such  county-wide polling place shall be subject to all other
    15  voting and polling place requirements under this article  not  otherwise
    16  inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
    17    5.  No county board of elections shall establish a county-wide polling
    18  place pursuant to this section without first obtaining approval from the
    19  state board of elections. A county board  of  elections  may  seek  such
    20  approval  by  submitting its plans for the establishment and implementa-
    21  tion of such county-wide polling place to the state board  of  elections
    22  no  later  than  ninety  days  before the date of the next election. The
    23  state board of elections shall promulgate rules and  regulations  estab-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09406-02-3
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     1  lishing the approval process pursuant to this subdivision, and governing
     2  the  implementation  of  county-wide  polling  places  pursuant  to this
     3  section.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.