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Senate Bill S3971
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th 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
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2013-S3971 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S3971 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3971 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the preparation of reports on assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require the preparation of reports on assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of § 3-401 of the Election Law to require county Boards of Elections to prepare reports detailing the assignments of poll workers, the poll sites that have not been assigned poll workers and the efforts made to fill those assignments. Section 2 contains the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Currently, Boards of Elections prepare reports detailing the duties of some poll workers. Those reports should also include a report of which positions have not been filled and what the Board is doing to fill those positions to increase accountability for poll worker recruitment. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.
2013-S3971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3971 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 prepara- tion of reports on assignments of election inspectors and poll clerks THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-401 of the election law, as added by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 4. Any county board of elections appointing election coordinators and in the city of New York, the board of elections of the city of New York, shall prepare a report detailing assignments and duties to be delegated to election coordinators. ANY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS APPOINTING ELECTION COORDINATORS AND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, SHALL PREPARE A REPORT DETAILING ASSIGNMENTS OF ELECTION INSPECTORS AND POLL CLERKS, AND SHALL SPECIF- ICALLY ENUMERATE THE POLL SITES FOR WHICH ELECTION INSPECTORS OR POLL CLERKS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ASSIGNED, DETAILING THE EFFORTS MADE TO DATE TO FILL THOSE ASSIGNMENTS. Said [report] REPORTS shall be filed with the state board of elections no later than one month prior to the election at which election coordinators, ELECTION INSPECTORS AND POLL CLERKS are to be assigned. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07752-01-3
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