Bill Text: NY A04984 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4984 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-06 - reported referred to rules [A04984 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04984-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4984
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BUCHWALD, OTIS, ABINANTI -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to watchers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 8-500  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  254  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the  city  or  county  in
     5  which  he  or  she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or act as a
     6  watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by  the
     7  voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch-
     8  er  is  to  serve.  Nothing  in  this  subdivision shall be construed as
     9  prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a  polling  place  in  such
    10  district on an election day while the polls are open, or an attorney who
    11  is a New York state resident and is licensed to practice law therein.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07512-01-7