Bill Text: NY S03187 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that primary elections shall be conducted between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S03187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03187-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3187
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  METZGER,  BRESLIN,  MAY -- 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 establishing uniform
          hours during which the polls are open during primary elections
          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 8-100 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
     4  ry election from [twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
     5  except in the city of New York and  the  counties  of  Nassau,  Suffolk,
     6  Westchester,  Rockland,  Orange,  Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
     7  city or county from] six o'clock in the morning until  nine  o'clock  in
     8  the  evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until
     9  nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by  the  governor
    10  pursuant  to  the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided
    11  by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
    12  o'clock in the evening. Early voting  times  shall  be  as  provided  in
    13  section 8-600 of this article.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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