Bill Text: NY A09926 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires early voting occurs on the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the election within the early voting period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - referred to election law [A09926 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09926-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9926

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring early  voting
          occurs  on  the Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays prior to the
          election within 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. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 8-600 of
     2  the election law, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of
     3  2021  and  paragraph  (d) as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, are
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    (c) Polls shall be open for early voting  for  at  least  eight  hours
     6  between  nine o'clock in the morning and eight o'clock in the evening on
     7  each Friday, Saturday, Sunday and [legal  holiday]  Tuesday  during  the
     8  early voting period.
     9    (d)  Nothing  in this section shall be construed to prohibit any board
    10  of elections from establishing a greater  number  of  hours  for  voting
    11  during  the  early  voting period beyond the number of hours required in
    12  this subdivision; provided however, no board of elections  shall  estab-
    13  lish  days  where  early  voting is permitted besides those permitted in
    14  paragraph (c) of this subdivision.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    16  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    17  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    18  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    19  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13969-01-4