Bill Text: NY A05119 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for appointment of election inspectors by minority parties who shall possess same powers as major party appointments and whose duties shall be determined by the chairman and board of major party appointments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A05119 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05119-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5119
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, FINCH, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A.  GIGLIO, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to appointment of election
          inspectors by minority parties
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  8-202 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. In addition to election inspectors as appointed by the major  poli-
     4  tical  parties  pursuant to section 3-400 of this chapter, each minority
     5  party shall be entitled to appoint  one  election  inspector  who  shall
     6  possess  all of the powers of inspectors of the majority party and whose
     7  duties shall be determined by  the  chairman  and  board  of  inspectors
     8  acting pursuant to this section.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06272-01-9
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