Bill Text: NY A02112 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of election inspectors and poll clerks; requires the board of elections of each county to make appointments by April 15 of each year; provides that a person listed on an original or supplemental list of eligible persons to serve as election inspectors or poll clerks for three consecutive years must submit a written affirmation of willingness and availability to serve.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A02112 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02112-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2112 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the appointment of election inspectors and poll clerks THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 5 of section 3-404 of the election 2 law, subdivisions 1 and 5 as amended by chapter 263 of the laws of 1991, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 1. The board of elections of each county shall on or before the 5 fifteenth day of [July] APRIL of each year select and appoint election 6 inspectors and poll clerks for each election district therein, and such 7 number of election coordinators as it determines to be necessary, and 8 may thereafter select and designate election inspectors, poll clerks and 9 election coordinators to fill any vacancy for an unexpired term. The 10 term of such designation shall be for a term ending on the fourteenth 11 day of [July] APRIL of the following year. If the election districts for 12 a general or special village election conducted by the board of 13 elections are coterminous with the election districts established for 14 general elections, such election inspectors and poll clerks shall also 15 serve at such village elections. If the election districts for such a 16 village election are not so coterminous, the board of elections shall 17 select the inspectors and poll clerks to serve in each such village 18 election district from among the inspectors and poll clerks appointed, 19 pursuant to the provisions of this section, for any election district 20 wholly or partly in such village. 21 2. Each political party entitled to representation on any board of 22 elections may, not later than the first day of [May] APRIL in each year, 23 file with the appropriate board of elections, an original list of 24 persons recommended to serve. Supplemental lists may be filed at the 25 same time and at any time before the designation is made and certified EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04496-01-5 A. 2112 2 1 or when a vacancy exists. All designations shall be made first from 2 those named in the original list filed if those designated are found 3 qualified. IF A PERSON HAS BEEN LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL 4 LIST FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND HAS NOT SERVED AS AN ELECTION 5 INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK OR ELECTION COORDINATOR DURING THOSE THREE YEARS, 6 THEN THE POLITICAL PARTY SUBMITTING THE LIST SHALL OBTAIN AND SUBMIT A 7 WRITTEN AFFIRMATION FROM THE PERSON STATING THAT THEY ARE WILLING AND 8 AVAILABLE TO SERVE AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK OR ELECTION 9 COORDINATOR. IF THE POLITICAL PARTY DOES NOT SUBMIT SUCH A WRITTEN 10 AFFIRMATION ALONG WITH THE LIST, THEN SUCH PERSON SHALL BE STRICKEN FROM 11 THE ORIGINAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL LISTS. 12 5. If a political party shall fail to submit a list or the list shall 13 be exhausted, the board of elections shall request from the appropriate 14 political party an original or supplemental list. If after ten days no 15 list is filed by that party, the board of elections [may] SHALL appoint 16 qualified persons, enrolled members of the political party in default, 17 to act as election inspectors, poll clerks or election coordinators. 18 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.