Bill Text: NY S05537 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5537

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Bill Title: Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-21 - referred to election law [S05537 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5537

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  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  authorizing  county
          boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  8-110
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 8-110. County-wide  polling  places.  1. A county board of elections
     4  may establish one or more polling places in the county where any  person
     5  entitled  to  vote  in such county by personal appearance may so vote on
     6  the day of a primary election or general election.
     7    2. Any person entitled to vote in a county by personal appearance  may
     8  do so at any polling place established in such county pursuant to subdi-
     9  vision one of this section.
    10    3.  No  county-wide polling place established under subdivision one of
    11  this section shall replace or otherwise decrease the number  of  polling
    12  places  otherwise required under law. Any such county-wide polling place
    13  shall be subject to all other  voting  and  polling  place  requirements
    14  under  this  article  not  otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of
    15  this section.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09406-01-3