Bill Text: NY A00244 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to election inspectors at poll sites; requires at least one inspector of each major political party to be present at all times polls are open; does not require the same inspectors to be there the entire time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A00244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00244-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           244
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to election inspectors at
          poll sites
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 3-400 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 293 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors to work split
     5  shifts  with adjusted compensation, provided, however, that at least one
     6  inspector from each of the two major political parties is present at the
     7  poll site [for the entire time] at all times that the  polls  are  open.
     8  Each  county  board of elections shall prescribe the necessary rules and
     9  procedures to ensure proper poll site operation.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00004-01-9