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Senate Bill S2191
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3-400, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S1097
2011-2012: S756
2015-2016: S3007
2017-2018: S443
2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2191 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to permit- ting election inspectors to split shifts PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to permit boards of elections to allow election inspectors to split shifts, and prorate their compen- sation accordingly. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 7 of Section 3-400 of the Election Law is amended to permit all boards of elections to authorize election inspectors to work split shifts and prorate their compensation accord- ingly. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, election inspectors are not permitted to split the work day into shifts. During most elections, polls are open for an average of sixteen hours. Election workers are not only required to work during polling hours, but there is additional time required to prep and close down polling sites. Their job duties are essential to protecting the integrity and validity of our democratic process. It is difficult for many inspectors, especially our senior volunteers, to commit to the long and taxing hours of an election day. Additionally, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit new inspectors, and with the implementation of new computerized voting machines, recruitment and retention levels are expected to drop further. Allowing election workers to divide their shifts will increase the pool of candidates
2013-S2191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2191 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 14, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, RANZENHOFER -- 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 permitting election inspectors to split shifts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400 of the election law, as added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 7. [The] EVERY board of elections may [employ] AUTHORIZE election inspectors to work [half-day] SPLIT shifts with [adjusted] PRORATED compensation, provided, however, that at least one inspector from each of the two major political parties is present at the poll site for the entire time that the polls are open. Each county board of elections shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll site operation. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that each board of elections is authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06499-01-3
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