Bill Text: NY S06922 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6922 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the number and location of early voting poll sites in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-09 - referred to election law [S06922 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06922-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6922

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    December 20, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number  of  polling
          sites for early voting in certain counties

          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 added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
     3  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. There shall be  so  desig-
     7  nated  at  least one early voting polling place for every full increment
     8  of fifty thousand registered voters in each county;  provided,  however,
     9  the  number  of  early  voting  polling  places in a county shall not be
    10  required to be greater than [seven] ten unless  required  by  any  other
    11  provision  of  law,  and  provided further that a county with fewer than
    12  fifty thousand voters shall have  at  least  one  early  voting  polling
    13  place;  and  provided  further that in counties with a population of one
    14  million two hundred fifty thousand or more based on the  latest  federal
    15  decennial census, but outside cities with a population of one million or
    16  more based on the latest federal decennial census, each town and city in
    17  such counties shall have at least one polling place.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14391-02-9