Assembly Bill A311

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing Haitian Creole language voting materials

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2844
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-507, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9727, S7241
2019-2020: A3025, S4877
2021-2022: A5323, S5287
2023-2024: S6782

2017-A311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing Haitian Creole language voting materials.

2017-A311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    311
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to providing Haitian
   Creole language voting materials
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-507
 to read as follows:
   § 3-507. BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; VOTING MATERIALS IN  HAITIAN  CREOLE.  A
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION SHALL
 PROVIDE  THE  SAME  INFORMATION  IN  HAITIAN  CREOLE THAT IT PROVIDES IN
 LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH ON ITS WEBSITE. IT SHALL ALSO  PRODUCE  AND
 DISSEMINATE  CITYWIDE  A BOOKLET THAT INCLUDES: (A) A VOTER REGISTRATION
 FORM IN ENGLISH WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN HAITIAN CREOLE; (B) INSTRUCTIONS IN
 HAITIAN CREOLE  REGARDING  THE  CRITERIA  AND  APPLICATION  PROCESS  FOR
 OBTAINING  AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT;  AND  (C)  A SECTION WITH GENERAL VOTER
 INFORMATION IN HAITIAN CREOLE INCLUDING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. SUCH
 BOARD MAY INCLUDE OTHER LANGUAGES ON ITS WEBSITE AND IN SUCH BOOKLET.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing that date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01301-01-7

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