Bill Text: NY S07264 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that primary elections shall be conducted between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-05 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07264 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07264-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7264
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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  establishing  uniform
          hours during which the polls are open during primary elections
          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 8-100  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  367  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
     5  ry election from [twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
     6  except in the city of New York and  the  counties  of  Nassau,  Suffolk,
     7  Westchester,  Rockland,  Orange,  Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
     8  city or county from] six o'clock in the morning until  nine  o'clock  in
     9  the  evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until
    10  nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by  the  governor
    11  pursuant  to  the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided
    12  by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
    13  o'clock in the evening.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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