Bill Text: NY S00211 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to voter notification of special elections; provides such notice be posted on the board of elections website not less than two weeks prior to such election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-25 - SIGNED CHAP.413 [S00211 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           211
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter  notification  of
          special elections
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-120  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  359  of  the  laws  of 1989, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The board of elections shall publish once in each of the two  weeks
     5  preceding a general election, or a special or village election conducted
     6  by  the board of elections, a notice specifying the day of the election,
     7  and the public officers to be voted for within such county, or any  part
     8  thereof  at  such  election.    The board of elections shall, as soon as
     9  practicable, but not less than two weeks prior to any special  election,
    10  prominently  display  on its website the date and hours of the election,
    11  the offices to be voted on in the county, part of a county, or the  city
    12  of  New  York,  and a link to any poll site information or poll location
    13  tools, where available. If constitutional amendments, or  questions  are
    14  to  be submitted to the voters of the state, the notice shall state that
    15  fact and that a copy of each such amendment or question may be  obtained
    16  at  the  board of elections, by any voter.  Such publication shall be in
    17  two newspapers published within the county. If  the  county  contains  a
    18  city  or  cities,  at least one of such newspapers shall be published in
    19  the city, or the largest city, if there be more than one.
    20    In the case of a village election, such publication shall be made in a
    21  newspaper of general circulation in such village and  shall  include  an
    22  abstract of any proposition to be voted upon at such election.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01752-01-9