Bill Text: NY A07539 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits candidates for public office to be voted upon in an election district from being a poll watcher in such district; also prohibits the spouse, parent or child of such candidate from so serving.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A07539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A07539-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7539
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 14, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, TOWNSEND, REILLY, MILLMAN, JAFFEE, GABRYS-
         ZAK,  DelMONTE,  WALKER,  CALHOUN,  BURLING, TOBACCO, GREENE -- Multi-
         Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  CAMARA,  CROUCH,
         GIGLIO,  GORDON,  KOON,  LATIMER, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, MOLINARO, SAYWARD,
         SCHIMEL, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to qualifications for poll
         watchers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 8-500 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3    5.  NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED, CERTIFIED OR ACT AS A WATCHER WHO IS
    4  A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE VOTERS  OF  THE
    5  ELECTION  DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO SERVE, OR THE SPOUSE, PARENT
    6  OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE.   PROVIDED,  THAT  NO  PROVISION  OF  THIS
    7  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE,
    8  OR HIS OR HER SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD, FROM  BEING  PRESENT  AT  A  POLL
    9  PLACE  AFTER  THE  POLLS  HAVE CLOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE
   10  ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE ELECTION.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00850-01-9