Bill Text: NY A00016 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 16 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to election law [A00016 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00016-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           16
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        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