Bill Text: NY A03878 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the board of elections to provide Russian interpreters at certain polling locations in cities having a population in excess of one million people.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A03878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03878-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3878

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  COLTON,  ROZIC,  MILLER,  BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
          WILLIAMS, RIVERA,  COOK,  CARROLL,  AUBRY,  SAYEGH,  DICKENS,  WEPRIN,
          TAYLOR,  DAVILA, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, HYND-
          MAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board  of
          elections to provide Russian interpreters to certain polling locations
          in cities having a population in excess of one million people

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  5-216  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    2.  a.  If  the  applicant  be a person who does not speak the English
     4  language, he may be assisted by a relative who can interpret for him. If
     5  the applicant registers with this assistance the board shall put in  the
     6  remarks  space  of  the registration forms the name and address, and the
     7  relationship, of the person so doing the interpreting and the interpret-
     8  er shall sign his name in the remarks space.
     9    b. In any city having a population of  one  million  or  more  people,
    10  which  contains  any  county  that  has  a  population comprised of five
    11  percent or more of people whose first language is  Russian  within  such
    12  county,  the  board  of  elections shall provide Russian interpreters at
    13  polling locations in those election districts within each such county in
    14  the city having a population comprised of five percent  or  more  people
    15  whose first language is Russian.
    16    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    17  elections conducted on or after such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05192-01-3