Bill Text: NY A01816 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires each polling place shall have at least two voting booths which are designed to be used by elderly or disabled persons; such booths shall have a surface which is at a level permitting the voter to be seated and a chair shall be available and provided as needed for any voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01816 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01816-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1816 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2019 ___________ 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 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00360-01-9
