Bill Text: NY S02793 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to election inspectors at poll sites; requires at least one inspector of each major political party to be present at all times polls are open; does not require the same inspectors to be there the entire time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S02793 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02793-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2793
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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 election inspectors  at
          poll sites
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors to work half-
     4  day  shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, however, that at least
     5  one inspector from each of the two major political parties is present at
     6  the poll site [for the entire time] at all  times  that  the  polls  are
     7  open.    Each  county  board  of elections shall prescribe the necessary
     8  rules and procedures to ensure proper poll site operation.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01661-01-7
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