NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6928

Senate Bill S6928

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

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May 15, 2023	referred to elections

2023-S6928 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1205
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8634, A9671

2023-S6928 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S6928 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6928

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that there is an accessible early
voting site in Madison County.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends Election Law to add the county seat of Madison County
as a designated early voting polling place.

Section 2: provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

In 2020, New York amended the Election Law to require each county board
of elections to provide one early voting location within the most popu-
lous municipality in each county. In most counties throughout the State
this arrangement is logical in that it provides a significant number of
voters the ability to easily access an early voting location. However,
in Madison County this arrangement does not meet that policy consider-
ation as it does in many other counties throughout the State. This is a
result of the demographic makeup of the County and the proximity of
municipalities to one another. With these considerations in mind, the
Madison County Board of Elections requested the introduction of this
bill.

The City of Oneida is the largest municipality in Madison County and is
located on the border of the county seat, Wampsville. Wampsville is the
main center for public services in the County including the DMV, County
Courthouse, Sheriff's Department, Health and Emergency Management
Department, and the Board of Elections. It is also located along a major
transportation route, Route 5. Route 5 runs along the Town of Sullivan,
which is the most populated town in the County, straight through the
Town of Lenox the second most populated town, to the Village of Wamps-
ville, and then east through the City of Oneida.  In other words, Wamsp-
ville is centrally located in the County and thereby provides a larger
swath of voters the ability to access an early voting location.

Therefore, by allowing Madison County to set-up its early voting
location in Wampsville as opposed to the City of Oneida, the policy
consideration underlying early voting will be better met as more voters
in Madison County will be able to access the early voting location.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022: A.9671/5.8634 - Referred to Elections

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2023 and shall apply to any general,
primary, run-off primary, or special election held thereafter.

2023-S6928 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6928
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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, 2023 and shall  apply  to  any
 general, primary, run-off primary, or special election held thereafter.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01766-01-3

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