Bill Text: NY A02746 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires each polling place shall have at least two voting booths which are designed to be used by elderly or disabled persons; such booths shall have a surface which is at a level permitting the voter to be seated and a chair shall be available and provided as needed for any voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to election law [A02746 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02746-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2746
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring each  polling
          site to provide voting booths designed for elderly or disabled voters
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 8-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
     3    1-b.  Each  polling  place shall have at least two voting booths which
     4  are designed to be used by elderly  or  disabled  persons.  Such  booths
     5  shall  have  a  surface  which  is at a level permitting the voter to be
     6  seated and a chair shall be available and provided  as  needed  for  any
     7  voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02711-01-7
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