Bill Text: NY A03500 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits a person who is an elected party official or holds a party position from being an election inspector.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A03500 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03500-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3500
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to appointment of election
         inspectors
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  133  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    6. No person shall be certified or act as  an  election  inspector  or
    5  poll  clerk  who  is  not a registered voter (unless such person is duly
    6  qualified under subdivision eight of this section) and a resident of the
    7  county in which he or she serves, or within the city  of  New  York,  of
    8  such  city,  who holds any elective public office, or who is a candidate
    9  for any public office to be voted for by the voters of the  district  in
   10  which  he  or she is to serve, or the spouse, parent, or child of such a
   11  candidate, OR WHO HOLDS A PARTY POSITION OR PARTY OFFICE, or who is  not
   12  able to speak and read the English language and write it legibly.
   13    S  2.  Subdivision 5 of section 3-401 of the election law, as added by
   14  chapter 175 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   15    5. No person shall be certified or act as an election coordinator  who
   16  is  not  a  registered  voter  and  a resident of the county in which he
   17  serves, or within the city of New York, of  such  city,  who  holds  any
   18  elective  public  office, or who is a candidate for any public office to
   19  be voted for by the voters of the district in which he is to  serve,  OR
   20  THE  SPOUSE,  PARENT  OR CHILD OF SUCH A CANDIDATE, OR WHO HOLDS A PARTY
   21  POSITION OR PARTY OFFICE, or [which] WHO is not able to speak  and  read
   22  the English language and write it legibly.
   23    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
   24  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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