Bill Text: NY S00600 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 600 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-09 - referred to ways and means [S00600 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00600-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           600

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  the  state
          board  of  elections  to  develop  a program to be administered by all
          boards of elections to notify  voters  of  certain  information  where
          their area has been redistricted

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3-102 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
     3    16-b.  develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections
     4  to notify voters that their districts may have  changed  due  to  redis-
     5  tricting.  Such  program  shall  include but not be limited to mailings,
     6  online, telephone or other resources to  assist  voters  in  determining
     7  potential representatives for their district prior to an election;
     8    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. The state board of
     9  elections shall amend or promulgate pertinent rules and  regulations  as
    10  necessary to implement the provisions of this act.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00344-01-1