STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           899
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to 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 8-315
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  8-315.  Location  of  polling  place.  Notwithstanding  any   other
     4  provision  of  law,  rule  or  regulation  to the contrary, the board of
     5  elections shall establish procedures to permit a voter to  vote  at  the
     6  polling  place which is closest to such voter's residence, regardless of
     7  whether such polling place is located within the  Assembly  district  in
     8  which  such  person is registered to vote. Such procedures shall provide
     9  for the identification of voters  who  are  outside  of  their  Assembly
    10  district and alternative means of casting their ballot.
    11    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    12  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
    13  ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
    14  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    15  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    16  effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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