Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to notify by mail state and county party committees and certain elected officials prior to a change of polling place.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7618C
SPONSOR: Lee TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide
certain notices prior to a change of polling place
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require boards of elections, within five days of receiv-
ing notice of the need to change the location of a polling place, to
notify officials.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of the bill amends subdivision 2 of section 4-104 of the
election law to require when any board of elections is notified of the
need to change the location of a polling place, such board of election
shall, within five days of receiving such notice, notify the chair-
persons of all state party committees, the chairpersons of all county
party committees in the county in which such polling place is located,
the member of the state assembly in which such polling place is located,
and the state senator representing the district in which such polling
place is located.
Section two of the bill sets forth the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Current law requires the board of elections, at least five days before
the next election or day before registration, to send by mail a written
notice to each registered voter notifying such voter if a changed
location of their designated polling place. However, current law does
not provide such notification to state and county officials.
This legislation would require that the board of elections, within five
days of receiving notice of the need to change the location of a polling
place, to notify the chairpersons of all state party committees, the
chairpersons of all county party committees in the county in which such
polling place is located, the member of the state assembly in which such
polling palace is located, and the state senator representing the
district in which such polling place is located.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: referred to elections in Senate, not introduced in Assembly
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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R. R. 341
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEE, DINOWITZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules --
ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the
Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third
reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered reprinted, retain-
ing its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
elections in a city with a population of one million or more to
provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4-104 of the election law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. (a) If the board of elections, after designating a polling place,
4 and after sending written notice of such polling place to each regis-
5 tered voter, designates an alternative polling place, it must, at least
6 five days before the next election or day for registration, send by mail
7 a written notice to each registered voter notifying [him] such voter of
8 the changed location of such polling place. If such notice is not possi-
9 ble the board of elections must provide for an alternative form of
10 notice to be given to voters at the location of the previous polling
11 place.
12 (b) In a city with a population of one million or more, if the board
13 of elections, after designating a polling place, is notified of the need
14 to change the location of such polling place, such board of elections
15 shall, within five days of receiving such notice, notify by mail:
16 (i) the chairpersons of all state party committees;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (ii) the chairpersons of all county party committees in the county in
2 which such polling place is located;
3 (iii) the member of the state assembly representing the district in
4 which such polling place is located and any member of the state assembly
5 whose district includes any election district the residents of which are
6 assigned to vote at such polling place;
7 (iv) the state senator representing the district in which such polling
8 place is located and any state senator whose district includes any
9 election district the residents of which are assigned to vote at such
10 polling place;
11 (v) the city councilmember representing the district in which such
12 polling place is located and any city councilmember whose district
13 includes any election district the residents of which are assigned to
14 vote at such polling place; and
15 (vi) in an assembly district in which assembly district leaders are
16 elected to represent an entire assembly district, the assembly district
17 leaders representing the district in which such polling place is located
18 and any assembly district leader whose district includes any election
19 district the residents of which are assigned to vote at such polling
20 place, or, in an assembly district in which district leaders are elected
21 in parts, the district leaders for the part in which the polling place
22 is located and any assembly district leader whose part includes any
23 election district the residents of which are assigned to vote at such
24 polling place.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
