Bill Text: NY A05075 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting certain candidates for public office from serving as poll watchers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.254 [A05075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05075-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5075
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to poll watchers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 8-500 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the  city  or  county  in
    4  which  he  OR SHE is to serve.  NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED OR ACT AS A
    5  WATCHER WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED FOR BY  THE
    6  VOTERS OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN THE SAME ELECTION IN WHICH THE WATCH-
    7  ER  IS  TO  SERVE.    NOTHING  IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS
    8  PROHIBITING ANY SUCH CANDIDATE FROM VISITING A  POLLING  PLACE  IN  SUCH
    9  DISTRICT ON AN ELECTION DAY WHILE THE POLLS ARE OPEN.
   10    S2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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