Senate Bill S1310

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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  • 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-S1310 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1394
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L (as proposed in S.8782 & A.8610-B)

2021-S1310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S1310 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1310
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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