Bill Text: NY A02304 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A02304 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02304-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2304
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE, SIMON, MOSLEY, BLAKE, COLTON -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  boards  of
          elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials
          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  3-507
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-507. Boards of elections; voting materials in Haitian Creole. Each
     4  board  of elections shall provide the same information in Haitian Creole
     5  that it provides in languages other than  English  on  its  website.  It
     6  shall also produce and disseminate citywide a booklet that includes: (a)
     7  a  voter  registration  form  in  English  with  instructions in Haitian
     8  Creole; (b) instructions in Haitian Creole regarding  the  criteria  and
     9  application  process for obtaining an absentee ballot; and (c) a section
    10  with general voter information in Haitian  Creole  including  frequently
    11  asked  questions.  Such board may include other languages on its website
    12  and in such booklet.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00112-01-9
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