Bill Text: NY S06715 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting certain candidates for public office from serving as poll watchers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5075 [S06715 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06715-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6715
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 3, 2014
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       Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 poll watchers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 8-500  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4.  Each  watcher  must  be a qualified voter of the city or county in
    4  which he OR SHE is to serve.  NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED OR ACT  AS  A
    5  WATCHER  WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED FOR BY THE
    6  VOTERS OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN THE SAME ELECTION IN WHICH THE WATCH-
    7  ER IS TO SERVE.   NOTHING IN THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  AS
    8  PROHIBITING  ANY  SUCH  CANDIDATE  FROM VISITING A POLLING PLACE IN SUCH
    9  DISTRICT ON AN ELECTION DAY WHILE THE POLLS ARE OPEN.
   10    S2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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