Bill Text: NY S00667 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00667 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00667-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           667

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 5, 2023
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 8 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation to the composition of boards of elections

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 8 of  arti-
     2  cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  8.  All  laws  creating, regulating or affecting boards or officers
     4  charged with the duty of qualifying voters, or of  distributing  ballots
     5  to  voters,  or  of receiving, recording or counting votes at elections,
     6  shall secure equal representation of the two political parties which, at
     7  the general election next preceding that for which such boards or  offi-
     8  cers  are  to  serve,  cast  the  highest and the next highest number of
     9  votes. All such boards and officers shall be  appointed  or  elected  in
    10  such  manner,  and  upon  the nomination of such representatives of said
    11  parties respectively, as the legislature may direct and shall have  such
    12  other  qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may
    13  direct.  Existing laws on this subject shall continue until the legisla-
    14  ture shall otherwise provide. This section shall not apply to  town,  or
    15  village elections.
    16    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    17  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    18  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    19  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    20  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89025-01-3