Assembly Bill A1394

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the county seat in Washington county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1310 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2021-A1394 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1310
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L (as proposed in S.8782 & A.8610-B)

2021-A1394 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county seat in Washington county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

2021-A1394 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1394
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to requiring the county
   seat in Washington county to have at least one  polling  place  desig-
   nated for early voting
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2  of  section  8-600  of  the
 election  law,  as  added by a chapter of the laws of 2020, amending the
 election law, relating to  requiring  municipalities  with  the  highest
 population  in each county to have at least one polling place designated
 for early voting, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8782 and A.
 8610-B, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The board of elections shall designate polling  places  for  early
 voting,  which  may  include  the offices of the board of elections, for
 persons to vote early pursuant to this title;  provided,  however,  that
 the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the
 latest  federal decennial census, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN WASHINGTON COUN-
 TY, shall have at least one polling place designated for  early  voting,
 and  to the extent practicable if such municipality has public transpor-
 tation routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transpor-
 tation routes. There shall be so designated at least  one  early  voting
 polling  place  for  every  full  increment of fifty thousand registered
 voters in each county; provided, however, the  number  of  early  voting
 polling  places in a county shall not be required to be greater than ten
 unless required by any other provision of law, and a county  with  fewer
 than  fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling
 place.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2020 amending the election law,
 relating to requiring municipalities with the highest population in each
 county to have at least one polling place designated for  early  voting,
 as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S.8782 and A. 8610-B, takes
 effect.

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