Bill Text: NY A02030 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows election commissioners flexibility to designate how many election inspectors are needed at poll sites.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A02030 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02030-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2030 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, QUART, GALEF, LUPARDO, STECK, D'URSO, RA, MONTESANO, WALSH, LAWRENCE, BLAKE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to allowing election commissioners flexibility to designate how many election inspectors are needed at poll sites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 3-400 of the election law 2 are amended to read as follows: 3 1. There shall be for each election district of the state [four] a 4 sufficient number of election inspectors. Each poll site shall have a 5 minimum of four election inspectors; provided, however, that there shall 6 be a minimum of two election inspectors at a poll site located in a 7 district with fewer than one hundred fifty registered voters. 8 2. At every general election in each election district where two 9 voting machines are used, there shall be two clerks in addition to the 10 [four] inspectors of election, except that in an election district 11 located in a town, where one voting machine is used, the town board may 12 direct the board of elections to appoint not more than two clerks in 13 such district if in the discretion of such board the service of such 14 clerk or clerks is reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of the 15 election. In each election district where paper ballots, in addition to 16 one voting machine, are used at a general election, there shall be two 17 clerks in addition to the [four] inspectors of election. In each 18 election district where paper ballots, in addition to more than one 19 voting machine are used at a general election there shall be four clerks 20 in addition to the [four] inspectors. The duties of such clerks shall be 21 such as shall be prescribed by the board of elections and they shall 22 serve at the general election only. When deemed necessary in any 23 election or primary, the board of election may require additional poll 24 clerks to be designated in any election district. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05226-01-9