NY State Senate Bill 2023-S5693

Senate Bill S5693

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes provisions regarding the designation of early voting polling places on college campuses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to elections
Mar 13, 2023	referred to elections

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2023-S5693 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2003
2011-2012: S1851
2013-2014: S888
2015-2016: S1412
2017-2018: S3092
2019-2020: S4378
2021-2022: S4658

2023-S5693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.

2023-S5693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5693

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would provide that election districts shall not be drawn in
such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college or universi-
ty campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300 or
more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also require
that the poll sites for election districts serving such concentrations
of college or university voters shall be on the campus or college or
university property, or, at a site approved by the college or universi-
ty.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law is amended

by adding a new paragraph (i).

Section 2: This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would provide college and university campuses, and other
college and university properties with large concentrations of voters,
with their own election districts and their own poll sites.  This bill
recognizes the fact that requiring residents of colleges and universi-
ties to vote at sites remote from their campuses, or requiring voters
unaffiliated with the colleges and universities to vote on campuses can
present unnecessary obstacles to voting.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S4658 - referred to election law

2019-20: S.4378- Passed Senate

2017-18: S.3092 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

2015-16: S.1412A - Amend and Recommit to Elections

2013-14: S.888A - Referred to 'Elections

2011-12; S.1851A/A.2162A - Died in Elections

2009-10: S.2003A - PASSED SENATE

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

minimal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.

2023-S5693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5693
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  BRESLIN,  GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, LIU, MAY,
   MYRIE, PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- 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 the boundaries of
   election districts and the designation of polling places

   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 is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
   (I) WHENEVER A CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CONTAINS
 THREE HUNDRED OR MORE REGISTRANTS  (EXCLUDING  REGISTRANTS  IN  INACTIVE
 STATUS)  WHO  ARE  REGISTERED  TO  VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS
 PROPERTY, SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE COLLEGE
 OR UNIVERSITY SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07239-01-3

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