Bill Text: NY S05693 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05693 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S05693-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5693 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, BRESLIN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of election districts and the designation of polling places The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows: 3 (i) Whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains 4 three hundred or more registrants (excluding registrants in inactive 5 status) who are registered to vote at an address on such contiguous 6 property, such contiguous property or a location approved by the college 7 or university shall be designated as an early voting polling place. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07239-01-3
