Bill Text: NY S01977 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01977 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S01977-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1977 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, KENNEDY, PERKINS -- 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 the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. Each county board of elections shall be required to supply each 4 polling site within the county affidavit ballots. The number of affida- 5 vit ballots supplied to each polling site shall not be less than fifteen 6 percent of the total voter turnout in each election district at the 7 polling site for the last election of that kind. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00187-01-7