NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6855

Senate Bill S6855

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7478 - 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 16, 2021	signed chap.260
Jul 12, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 02, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1360 substituted for s6855
Jun 02, 2021	substituted by a7478
May 26, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1360 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 19, 2021	referred to elections

Votes

- Jun 2, 2021 - Floor Vote
  A7478
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  8
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 2, 2021
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (8)
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Helming
      
      Lanza
      
      Mattera
      
      Palumbo
      
      Rath III
      
      Weik
  May 26, 2021 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6855
  
  20
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 26, 2021
      
      aye (20)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Griffo

2021-S6855 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7478
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4-100 & 2-104, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7466, A10434
2013-2014: S3285, A6856
2015-2016: S4560, S7072, A4189
2017-2018: S2794, A5576
2019-2020: S546, A6093

2021-S6855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections; increases number on county committee.

2021-S6855 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6855

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the number
of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the
county board of elections; authorizes increase of county committee

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would raise the election district registrant enrollment from a
Maximum of 1,150 registrants to 2,000.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill would amend Election Law § 4-100(3) (a) revises
the definition of an "election districts" to expand its maximum regis-
trants from eleven hundred fifty to two thousand.

Section 2 of the bill would amend subdivision one of § 2-104 of Election

law to provide for additional party county committee member represen-
tation within expanded election districts.

Section 3 of the bill provides for an immediate effective date.

 
DIFFERENCE BEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Upon enactment this legislation would raise the limit of voters allowed
in every election district from 1,150 voters to 2,000. The current
election district registrant enrollment limits were prescribed based on
the fact that the old lever voter machines were not capable of handling
more than 1,000 votes per election; thus, a strict limit of 1,150 voters
per district was necessary. The optical scanners will read and hold up
to approximately 4,000 ballots/voters per machine. Therefore, this
change in the law aims to serve as mandate relief to municipalities by
allowing them to consolidate districts and reduce costs Jr many areas,
including hiring fewer election inspectors; fewer ballots to order; and
requiring less time testing ballots.

Additionally, this bill provides for additional county party committee
representation to accommodate an increase in size of an election
districts.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: A.6093 Passed Assembly / S.546 Died in Elections

2019:A.6093 Remained in election law/ S.546 Passed Senate

2018:A.5576 Passed Assembly / S.2794 Third Reading calendar

2017:A.5576 Passed Assembly / S.2794 Third Reading calendar

2016:A.4189 Passed Assembly / S.7072 Third Reading calendar

2015:A.4189 Third Reading calendar /S.3285 Third Reading calendar
2014:A.6856 Third Reading calendar /S.3285 Third Reading calendar

2013:A.6856 Third reading calendar /5.3285 - Died in Rules

2012:A.10434 Died in Rules/5.7466- Died in Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill would take effect immediately.

2021-S6855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6855
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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 increasing  the  number
   of  registrants  an election district may contain with the approval of
   the county board of elections; authorizes increase of county committee

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  3  of section 4-100 of the
 election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   a.  Each  election  district  shall  be in compact form and may not be
 partly within and partly without a ward, town, city, a village which has
 five thousand or more inhabitants and is wholly within one  town,  or  a
 county  legislative,  assembly,  senatorial  or  congressional district.
 Except as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, election district
 boundaries, other than those boundaries which are coterminous  with  the
 boundaries  of those political subdivisions mentioned in this paragraph,
 must be streets, rivers, railroad lines or  other  permanent  character-
 istics  of the landscape which are clearly visible to any person without
 the need to use any technical or mechanical device. An election district
 shall contain not more than nine hundred  fifty  registrants  (excluding
 registrants  in  inactive  status)  or,  with the approval of the county
 board of elections, not more than [eleven hundred  fifty]  TWO  THOUSAND
 registrants (excluding registrants in inactive status), but any election
 district may be divided for the convenience of the voters.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2-104 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  county  committee  of  each party shall be constituted by the
 election in each election district within such county of  at  least  two
 members  and  of such additional members[, not in excess of two,] as the
 rules of the county committee of the party  within  the  county  or  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11267-01-1

 S. 6855                             2
 
 statement  filed  pursuant hereto may provide for such district, propor-
 tional to the party vote in  the  district  for  governor  at  the  last
 preceding  gubernatorial  election,  or  in  case the boundaries of such
 district  have been changed or a new district has been created since the
 last preceding gubernatorial election, proportional to  the  party  vote
 cast  for  member  of assembly or in the event there was no election for
 member of assembly, then proportional to the number of  enrolled  voters
 of  such  party  in  such  district  on the list of enrolled voters last
 published by the  board  of  elections,  excluding  voters  in  inactive
 status.  In  a county in which no additional members are provided for by
 the rules of the county committee or the statement filed pursuant hereto
 the voting power of each member shall be in  proportion  to  such  party
 vote  or,  if  the  election  district  which such member represents was
 created or changed since the  last  election  for  member  of  assembly,
 proportional  to  such party enrollment. In a county in which additional
 members are so provided for, on the basis of the party vote  or  enroll-
 ment  in  election  districts within such county, each member shall have
 one vote. Each member of a county committee shall be an  enrolled  voter
 of the party residing in the county and the assembly district from which
 or  in  the  assembly district containing the election district in which
 such member is elected except that a member of a county  committee  who,
 as  a  result  of  an  alteration  of assembly district lines, no longer
 resides within such assembly district may  continue  to  serve  for  the
 balance of the term to which he was elected.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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