Bill Text: NY A02168 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the board of elections for the voting district in which an old polling place is located to post at the entrance of the old polling location a notice informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the street address of the new location.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - signed chap.241 [A02168 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A02168-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2168 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the posting of information concerning a change in the location of a polling place The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-108 2 to read as follows: 3 § 8-108. Change of polling place. In the event that there is a change 4 of location of a polling place from the last primary or general election 5 held or the last early voting period held, the board of elections for 6 the voting district in which the old polling place is located shall post 7 at the entrance of the old polling location a notice on yellow paper 8 informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the 9 street address of the new location. Such notice shall be posted on the 10 date of the election or on the first day of early voting prior to the 11 opening of the polls. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05961-01-1
