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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring each polling
         site to provide voting booths designed for elderly or disabled voters
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  8-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
    3    1-B. EACH POLLING PLACE SHALL HAVE AT LEAST TWO  VOTING  BOOTHS  WHICH
    4  ARE  DESIGNED  TO  BE  USED  BY ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS. SUCH BOOTHS
    5  SHALL HAVE A SURFACE WHICH IS AT A LEVEL  PERMITTING  THE  VOTER  TO  BE
    6  SEATED  AND  A  CHAIR  SHALL BE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED AS NEEDED FOR ANY
    7  VOTER WHO WISHES TO BE SEATED WHILE CASTING HIS OR HER BALLOT.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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