Senate Bill S8634

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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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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2021-S8634 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9671
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6928, A1205

2021-S8634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S8634 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8634
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  the  county
   seat  in  Madison 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  (b)  of  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:
   (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 MADISON 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022 and shall  apply  to  any
 general,  primary, run-off primary, or special election held thereafter;
 provided, however, that if chapter 781 of the laws  of  2021  shall  not
 have  taken  effect  on or before such date then section one of this act
 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as such  chap-
 ter of the laws of 2021 takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15156-01-2

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