Bill Text: NY S06504 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the county seat in Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S06504 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06504-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6504

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 4, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  requiring  the  county
          seat  in  Steuben county to have at least one polling place designated
          for early voting

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
     2  election law, as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2021,  is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a)  The  board  of elections shall designate polling places for early
     5  voting, which may include the offices of the  board  of  elections,  for
     6  persons  to  vote  early pursuant to this title; provided, however, that
     7  the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the
     8  latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in Washington  coun-
     9  ty,  or the county seat in Steuben county, shall have at least one poll-
    10  ing place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable  if
    11  such  municipality  has public transportation routes, such polling place
    12  shall be situated along such transportation routes. There  shall  be  so
    13  designated at least one early voting polling place for every full incre-
    14  ment  of  fifty  thousand  registered  voters  in each county; provided,
    15  however, the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not
    16  be required to  be  greater  than  ten  unless  required  by  any  other
    17  provision  of  law,  and  a county with fewer than fifty thousand voters
    18  shall have at least one early voting polling place.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11162-01-1