Senate Bill S519

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Require boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials

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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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2019-S519 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2304
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-507, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5602, A7208
2021-2022: A5348
2023-2024: A3918

2019-S519 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials.

2019-S519 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S519 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    519
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- 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  boards  of
   elections to provide 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. EACH
 BOARD  OF ELECTIONS 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 the 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.
                                                            LBD00112-01-9

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