Bill Text: NY A09222 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-09 - referred to election law [A09222 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09222-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9222 IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, OTIS, ABINANTI, GALEF, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to watchers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-500 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 5. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or county in 5 which he or she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or act as a 6 watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the 7 voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch- 8 er is to serve. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as 9 prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a polling place in such 10 district on an election day while the polls are open, or an attorney who 11 is a New York state resident and is licensed to practice law therein. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09249-01-1
