Bill Text: NY A05293 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the early voting period for general, primary, run-off primary and special elections for public office or party position; maintains the current early voting period for general elections in a year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A05293 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05293-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5293

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the early voting period

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-600  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  [Beginning]   Early voting shall be held on the tenth day, seventh
     4  day, fifth day, third day, and second day prior to any general, primary,
     5  run-off primary or special election for public office or party position,
     6  except for any general election held in a  year  in  which  electors  of
     7  president  and vice president of the United States are to be elected and
     8  for such an election held pursuant to title two of article six or  arti-
     9  cle fifteen of this chapter. In each year in which electors of president
    10  and  vice  president of the United States are to be elected early voting
    11  shall begin on the tenth day prior to [any] the general[, primary,  run-
    12  off primary pursuant to subdivision one of section 6-162 of this chapter
    13  or special] election for any public or party position except for such an
    14  election held pursuant to title two of article six or article fifteen of
    15  this chapter, and [ending] end on and [including] include the second day
    16  prior  to  such  general[, primary, run-off primary or special] election
    17  for such public office or party position[, persons]. Persons duly regis-
    18  tered and eligible to vote at such election shall be permitted  to  vote
    19  as provided in this title. The board of elections shall establish proce-
    20  dures,  subject  to  approval of the state board of elections, to ensure
    21  that persons who vote during  the  early  voting  period  shall  not  be
    22  permitted to vote subsequently in the same election.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05493-02-3