Bill Text: NY S04748 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes technical corrections with regard to political subdivisions and election districts; removes counties and replaces with political subdivisions for purposes of determining an individual's election district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-07 - SUBSTITUTED BY A263 [S04748 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04748-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4748
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  O'MARA,  LARKIN,  RANZENHOFER  --  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 making technical
         corrections  with  regards  to  political  subdivisions  and  election
         districts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-128  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  489  of  the  laws  of 2009, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. The board of elections of each county shall provide  the  requisite
    5  number  of  official  and facsimile ballots, two cards of instruction to
    6  voters in the form prescribed by the state board of elections, at  least
    7  one  copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors, a sufficient number
    8  of maps, street finders or other descriptions  of  all  of  the  polling
    9  places  and election districts within the [county] POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
   10  in which the polling place is located to enable the election  inspectors
   11  and  poll  clerks to determine the correct election district and polling
   12  place for each street address within the [county] POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
   13  in  which  the  polling place is located, distance markers, tally sheets
   14  and return blanks, pens, black ink, or ball point pens with  black  ink,
   15  pencils  having  black  lead,  envelopes for the ballots of voters whose
   16  registration poll records are not in the ledger or whose names  are  not
   17  on  the  computer  generated  registration  list, envelopes for returns,
   18  identification buttons, badges or emblems for the inspectors and  clerks
   19  in  the  form  prescribed by the state board of elections and such other
   20  articles of stationery as may be necessary for  the  proper  conduct  of
   21  elections,  except  that  when a town, city or village holds an election
   22  not conducted by the board of elections, the clerk of such town, city or
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00759-01-1
       S. 4748                             2
    1  village, shall provide such  official  and  facsimile  ballots  and  the
    2  necessary blanks, supplies and stationery for such election.
    3    S  2.  Subdivision d of section 4-132 of the election law, as added by
    4  chapter 489 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    5    d. A sufficient number of maps, street finders or  other  descriptions
    6  of  all of the polling places and election districts within the [county]
    7  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION in which the polling place is  located  to  enable
    8  the  election  inspectors  and  poll  clerks  to  determine  the correct
    9  election district and polling place for each street address  within  the
   10  [county] POLITICAL SUBDIVISION in which the polling place is located.
   11    S  3.  The  opening  paragraph  of  paragraph  (e) of subdivision 3 of
   12  section 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter 489 of the laws
   13  of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   14    Whenever a voter presents himself or herself  and  offers  to  cast  a
   15  ballot,  and  he or she claims to live in the election district in which
   16  he or she seeks to vote but no registration poll record can be found for
   17  him or her in the poll ledger or his or her name does not appear on  the
   18  computer  generated  registration  list or his or her signature does not
   19  appear next to his or her name on such computer  generated  registration
   20  list  or  his  or her registration poll record or the computer generated
   21  registration list does not show him or her to be enrolled in  the  party
   22  in  which  he  or  she  claims  to be enrolled, a poll clerk or election
   23  inspector shall consult a map, street finder or other description of all
   24  of the polling places and election districts within the  [county]  POLI-
   25  TICAL  SUBDIVISION  in  which  said  election district is located AND IF
   26  NECESSARY, CONTACT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO OBTAIN THE RELEVANT  INFOR-
   27  MATION  and  advise  the voter of the correct polling place and election
   28  district [within the county] for the residence address provided  by  the
   29  voter  to such poll clerk or election inspector.  Thereafter, such voter
   30  shall be permitted to vote in said election district only as hereinafter
   31  provided:
   32    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.