Senate Bill S1719

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to poll watchers for special, town or village elections being held for the sole purpose of a ballot proposal

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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-S1719 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1342
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-500, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3290, A4194
2019-2020: S4666, A1929
2021-2022: S3962, A4963
2023-2024: A3046

2017-S1719 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to poll watchers for special, town or village elections being held for the sole purpose of a ballot proposal.

2017-S1719 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1719 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1719
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  poll  watchers  for
   special,  town or village elections being held for the sole purpose of
   a ballot proposal

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 8-500 of the election law,
 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  At  any  general,  special,  town  or  village election, any party
 committee or independent body whose candidates are upon the ballot,  AND
 WHEN  A  SPECIAL,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE ELECTION IS BEING HELD FOR THE SOLE
 PURPOSE OF A BALLOT PROPOSAL OR PROPOSALS, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD and at any primary  election,
 any two or more candidates and any political committee may have for each
 election  district  three watchers at any one time, not more than one of
 whom may be within the guard rail at any one  time.  Watchers  shall  be
 appointed  by  the  chairman of any such party, committee or independent
 body or by the candidates OR BY THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS,  UPON  REQUEST,
 FOR  A SPECIAL, TOWN OR VILLAGE ELECTION THAT IS BEING HELD FOR THE SOLE
 PURPOSE OF A BALLOT PROPOSAL OR PROPOSALS. IN SUCH ELECTIONS, THE  BOARD
 OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL APPOINT WATCHERS IN A MANNER THAT ENSURES EQUITABLE
 REPRESENTATION OF ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE  ADVOCATING  THE
 PASSAGE OR DEFEAT OF THE BALLOT PROPOSAL OR PROPOSALS.
   3.  The appointment of watchers for any election shall be by a certif-
 icate in writing issued by the chairman or secretary  of  the  political
 party  or  independent  body,  [or]  the  candidates  OR  THE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS. Such certificate shall be delivered to an  inspector  at  the
 election district.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01963-01-7

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