Bill Text: NY S05447 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the creation of election districts; provides that deployment of voting systems, election workers and election resources shall be in sufficient number to accommodate the numbers of voters eligible to vote in such polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-09-17 - SIGNED CHAP.512 [S05447 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S05447-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5447--C
Cal. No. 366
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 6, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted
to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the alteration of
election districts by the board of elections; and to repeal certain
provisions of such law relating thereto
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 4-100 of the election law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. The creation, consolidation, division or alteration of election
4 districts shall be done by the [legislative body of the city or town
5 within which the election district is contained except in the cities of
6 Buffalo and New York and the counties of Monroe, Nassau, and Suffolk. In
7 the cities of Buffalo and New York, and the counties of Monroe, Nassau
8 and Suffolk, and for any other town or city, upon the request of its
9 legislative body, the creation, consolidation, division or alteration of
10 election districts shall be done by the] board of elections.
11 S 2. Subdivision 5 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended by
12 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
13 (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, POLLING PLAC-
14 ES DESIGNATED FOR ANY ONE SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT THAT WILL BE UTILIZING
15 ANY VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM CERTIFIED FOR USE IN NEW YORK STATE PURSU-
16 ANT TO CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE,
17 MAY BE THE POLLING PLACE OF ANY OTHER CONTIGUOUS DISTRICT OR DISTRICTS,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10566-06-0
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1 PROVIDED THE VOTING SYSTEM USED IN SUCH POLLING PLACE PRODUCES SEPARATE
2 AND DISTINCT VOTE TOTALS FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT VOTING IN SUCH POLL-
3 ING PLACE ON SUCH VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM.
4 S 3. Subdivision 6 of section 4-104 of the election law is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 6. Each polling place designated, whenever practicable, shall be situ-
7 ated on the main or ground floor of the premises selected. It shall be
8 of sufficient area to admit and comfortably accommodate [at least ten]
9 voters [at one time and to allow for the placement in such meeting
10 place, of booths, furniture and equipment, as provided by law] IN
11 NUMBERS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS AND PRIVACY
12 BOOTHS, PURSUANT TO 9 NYCRR 6210.19. SUCH DEPLOYMENT OF VOTING SYSTEMS,
13 ELECTION WORKERS AND ELECTION RESOURCES SHALL BE IN A SUFFICIENT NUMBER
14 TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN SUCH POLLING
15 PLACE.
16 S 4. Subdivision 6 of section 4-100 of the election law is REPEALED.
17 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
