Bill Text: NY S05288 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5288 (Prior Session Legislation)

Amended

Bill Title: Relates to the composition of boards of elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-05 - referred to election law [S05288 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05288-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5288--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary  --  recommitted
         to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee
                   CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
       proposing an amendment to section 8 of article 2 of the constitution, in
         relation to the composition of boards of elections
    1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 8 of  arti-
    2  cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
    3    S  8.  All  laws  creating, regulating or affecting boards or officers
    4  charged with the duty of qualifying voters, or of  distributing  ballots
    5  to  voters,  or  of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections,
    6  shall secure equal representation of the two political parties which, at
    7  the general election next preceding that for which such boards or  offi-
    8  cers  are  to  serve,  cast  the  highest and the next highest number of
    9  votes. All such boards and officers shall be  appointed  or  elected  in
   10  such  manner,  and  upon  the nomination of such representatives of said
   11  parties respectively, as the legislature may direct AND SHALL HAVE  SUCH
   12  OTHER  QUALIFICATIONS FOR PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY
   13  DIRECT.  Existing laws on this subject shall continue until the legisla-
   14  ture shall otherwise provide. This section shall not apply to  town,  or
   15  village elections.
   16    S  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
   17  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
   18  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
   19  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
   20  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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