STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7111 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing translators at certain polling place locations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. a. In creating, consolidating, dividing or altering any election 4 district, the board of elections shall determine the number of citizens 5 of voting age in the district who speak a language other than English at 6 home using the most recent United States Census data. If fifteen percent 7 of the number of voting age citizens who speak a language other than 8 English at home, the board of elections must provide for at least one 9 poll worker that speaks such language at polling places in the district. 10 b. For any currently existing election district, the board of 11 elections shall determine the number of citizens of voting age who speak 12 a language other than English at home using the most recent United 13 States Census data. If fifteen percent of the number of voting age citi- 14 zens who speak a language other than English at home, the board of 15 elections must provide for at least one poll worker that speaks such 16 language at polling places in the district. 17 c. Upon voter request, the poll worker assigned to an election 18 district pursuant to paragraphs a and b of this subdivision, shall 19 provide translation services to the voter in the language that led to 20 their assignment to a given election district. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06034-01-9