NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A8532A

Assembly Bill A8532A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 10, 2022	held for consideration in election law
Jan 24, 2022	print number 8532a
Jan 24, 2022	amend and recommit to election law
Jan 05, 2022	referred to election law
Dec 13, 2021	referred to election law

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2021-A8532 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8034
Current Committee:: Assembly Election Law
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A4883, S5192

2021-A8532 - Summary

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

2021-A8532 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8532
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  requiring  the  county
   seat  in Herkimer county to have at least one polling place designated
   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 amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2021,  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, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN HERKIMER COUNTY, shall have at least one poll-
 ing  place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if
 such municipality has public transportation routes, such  polling  place
 shall  be  situated  along such transportation routes. There shall be so
 designated at least one early voting polling place for every full incre-
 ment 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 immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13850-02-1

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2021-A8532A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S8034
Current Committee:: Assembly Election Law
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A4883, S5192

2021-A8532A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A8532A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8532--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on  Election
   Law   in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  requiring  the  county
   seat  in Herkimer county to have at least one polling place designated
   for early voting
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 8-600 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 781 of the laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. (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.
   (b) The largest city in the county or, if there  is  no  city  in  the
 county,  the  municipality  with  the  highest population in each county
 based on the latest federal decennial census,  or  the  county  seat  in
 Washington  county, OR THE COUNTY SEAT IN HERKIMER COUNTY, shall have at
 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to  the  extent
 practicable  if  such  city  or  municipality  has public transportation
 routes, such polling place shall be situated along  such  transportation
 routes.
   (c) In counties with at least five hundred thousand registered voters,
 there shall be so designated at least one early voting polling place for
 every full increment of forty thousand registered voters.
   (d)  In all other counties with less than five hundred thousand regis-
 tered voters, there shall be so designated at  least  one  early  voting
 polling  place  for  every  full increment of thirty thousand registered
 voters; provided, however, the number of early voting polling places  in

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13850-03-2

 A. 8532--A                          2
 
 counties  with  less  than five hundred thousand registered voters shall
 not be required to be greater than ten nor less than one.
   (e)  For  any special, primary or run-off primary election at which no
 voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county
 are eligible to vote, the board of elections may, in lieu of  having  an
 early  voting  polling  place  in such municipality, designate a polling
 place for early voting in the municipality with the  highest  population
 within  the  county within which the voters are eligible to vote at such
 special, primary, or run-off primary election.
   (f) The board of elections of each county or the city of New York  may
 establish  additional  polling  places for early voting in excess of the
 minimum number required by  this  subdivision  for  the  convenience  of
 eligible voters.
   (g)  Notwithstanding  the  minimum  number  of early voting poll sites
 otherwise required by this  subdivision,  for  any  primary  or  special
 election,  upon  majority  vote of the board of elections, the number of
 early voting sites may be reduced when the board of elections determines
 a lesser number of sites is  sufficient  to  meet  the  needs  of  early
 voters.
   (h) Polling places for early voting shall be located so that voters in
 the county have adequate and equitable access, taking into consideration
 population density, travel time to the polling place, proximity to other
 early  voting poll sites, public transportation routes, commuter traffic
 patterns and such other factors the board of elections  deems  appropri-
 ate.  The  provisions  of section 4-104 of this chapter, except subdivi-
 sions four and five of such section, shall apply to the  designation  of
 polling places for early voting except to the extent such provisions are
 inconsistent with this section.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as section 2 of chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, takes effect.

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