Assembly Bill A3933

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district

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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-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-100, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8758
2011-2012: A3483, A9001
2013-2014: A3034
2015-2016: A2916
2019-2020: A3930
2021-2022: A1784
2023-2024: A4741

2017-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district.

2017-A3933 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3933
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  consolidation  of
   certain election districts in the county of Westchester
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 TO THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER MAY
 MERGE ANY ELECTION DISTRICT WITH FIFTY OR FEWER REGISTERED  VOTERS  INTO
 AN  EXISTING ELECTION DISTRICT SO LONG AS BOTH SUCH DISTRICTS ARE WITHIN
 THE SAME WARD, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE, AND THE SAME  COUNTY  LEGISLATIVE,
 ASSEMBLY, SENATORIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FURTHERMORE, NO CONSOL-
 IDATED  ELECTION  DISTRICT  CREATED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 EXCEED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS, EXCLUDING  REGISTRANTS  IN
 INACTIVE STATUS, EXCEED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08694-01-7

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