Assembly Bill A244

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to election inspectors at poll sites

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2019-A244 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7959
2017-2018: A16
2021-2022: A1072

2019-A244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to election inspectors at poll sites; requires at least one inspector of each major political party to be present at all times polls are open; does not require the same inspectors to be there the entire time.

2019-A244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    244
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to election inspectors at
   poll sites
 
   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
 amended by chapter 293 of the laws  of  2017,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors to work split
 shifts  with adjusted 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] AT ALL TIMES that the  polls  are  open.
 Each  county  board of elections shall prescribe the necessary rules and
 procedures to ensure proper poll site operation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00004-01-9

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