STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6349 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 requiring the county seat in Wayne county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2021, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early 5 voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for 6 persons to vote early pursuant to this title; provided, however, that 7 the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the 8 latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in Washington coun- 9 ty, or the county seat in Wayne county, shall have at least one polling 10 place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such 11 municipality has public transportation routes, such polling place shall 12 be situated along such transportation routes. There shall be so desig- 13 nated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment 14 of fifty thousand registered voters in each county; provided, however, 15 the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not be 16 required to be greater than ten unless required by any other provision 17 of law, and a county with fewer than fifty thousand voters shall have at 18 least one early voting polling place. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10939-01-1