Bill Text: NY A00293 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "early voting act"; provides to any person early voting for a candidate for public office in a general, primary or special election for any public or party office by paper ballot to take place no sooner than fourteen business days and up to and including the day prior to such election; provides that such voting shall take place at such person's county board of elections; requires availability and access to ballots for persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to election law [A00293 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A00293-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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293
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN, BRENNAN, HOOPER, PHEFFER, LUPARDO, GOTT-
FRIED, PERRY, LIFTON, REILLY, JACOBS, PAULIN, LAVINE, KELLNER --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, MAGEE, WEISENBERG -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "early
voting act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "early voting act".
3 S 2. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 6
4 to read as follows:
5 TITLE VI
6 EARLY VOTING
7 SECTION 8-600. EARLY VOTING PROCEDURES.
8 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES FOR EARLY
9 VOTING.
10 S 8-600. EARLY VOTING PROCEDURES. 1. NO SOONER THAN FOURTEEN BUSINESS
11 DAYS AND UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DAY PRIOR TO ANY GENERAL, PRIMARY OR
12 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ANY PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE, PERSONS DULY REGISTERED
13 TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICE MAY VOTE BY PAPER BALLOT FOR A
14 CANDIDATE FOR SUCH OFFICE, AND SUCH EARLY VOTING PRACTICE SHALL TAKE
15 PLACE AT SUCH PERSON'S COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR AN ALTERNATIVE
16 LOCATION OR LOCATIONS AS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED BY AND THROUGH A COUNTY
17 BOARD OF ELECTIONS UNDER THE POWERS GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ON
18 OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
19 2. SUCH VOTING PROCEDURE SHALL BE MONITORED AND ADMINISTERED BY TWO
20 DULY DESIGNATED PERSONS, ONE FROM EACH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, AND SUCH
21 VOTING SHALL FOLLOW AND CONFORM TO ALL OTHER PROCEDURES, MEASURES AND
22 REQUIREMENTS OF CASTING A VOTE BY A VOTING MACHINE AS PRESCRIBED PURSU-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ANT TO THIS CHAPTER. ALL VOTES CAST WITHIN THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL
2 BE COUNTED WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF THE POLLS CLOSING ON ELECTION DAY
3 AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS PRESCRIBED IN ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
4 THE RESULTS OR TABULATION OF VOTES CAST DURING AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD
5 SHALL NOT BE MADE BEFORE THE CLOSE OF ALL POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY
6 AND RESULTS SHALL BE REPORTED BY PRECINCT. BALLOTS USED IN EARLY VOTING
7 SHALL BE, AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE, THE SAME FORM AS THOSE USED ON
8 ELECTION DAY. BALLOTS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ANY
9 PERSON WITH DISABILITIES WHO WANT TO EXERCISE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO VOTE
10 EARLY.
11 S 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES FOR EARLY VOTING.
12 ANY RULE OR REGULATION NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
13 PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
14 ELECTIONS.
15 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
16 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
