Bill Text: NY A08783 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates campuses which are operated by the state university of New York or the city university of New York as early voting sites and polling sites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A08783 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08783-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8783

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    November 25, 2019
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        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 designating state and
          city university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  4-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     3    5-a. Whenever a campus which is operated by the  state  university  of
     4  New  York or the city university of New York and has an on campus dormi-
     5  tory, a polling place designated for registrants on such campus shall be
     6  at a location approved by such college or university.
     7    § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-604 to read
     8  as follows:
     9    § 8-604. Early voting on state  and  city  university  campuses.  Each
    10  campus which is operated by the state university of New York or the city
    11  university  of  New York and which has an on campus dormitory shall have
    12  an early voting site on such campus.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14115-01-9