Assembly Bill A6971

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A6971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S242
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6926
2021-2022: A4568, S557

2023-A6971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

2023-A6971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6971
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to establishing portable
   polling locations for early voting
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8-600 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. (A) IN ADDITION TO THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES REQUIRED  BY
 SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ESTAB-
 LISH ONE OR MORE  PORTABLE  POLLING  LOCATIONS  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  EARLY
 VOTING,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF LOCATIONS A COUNTY MAY
 ESTABLISH FOR SUCH PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE
 STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  BASED  ON  POPULATION.  THE  DESIGNATION  AND
 LOCATION OF ANY PORTABLE POLLING PLACE SHALL BE MADE NO LATER THAN FOUR-
 TEEN DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION.
   (B) LOCATIONS FOR PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 SELECTED  TO  PROVIDE  THE  MAXIMUM  NUMBER  OF  VOTERS IN A COUNTY WITH
 ADEQUATE ACCESS TO EARLY VOTING, 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. SUCH LOCATION OR LOCATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE  COMMU-
 NICATION  PLAN DEVELOPED BY EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) LOCATIONS FOR PORTABLE POLLING LOCATIONS FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE
 OPERATIONAL FOR NO FEWER THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
   (D) NO PORTABLE POLLING LOCATION FOR EARLY VOTING ESTABLISHED BY  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  REPLACE  OR OTHERWISE DECREASE THE NUMBER OF POLLING
 PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00246-01-3
 A. 6971                             2

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