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A04180 Summary:

BILL NOA04180A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00188-A
 
SPONSORSayegh
 
COSPNSREpstein, Barron, Solages, Stirpe, Colton, Cruz, Simon, Darling, Jean-Pierre, Glick, Pichardo, Fernandez, Gottfried, Ramos, Hunter, Joyner
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §4-100, El L
 
Relates to providing translators at certain polling place locations if fifteen percent of the number of voting age citizens who speak the same language other than English at home reside in the district where such polling place is located.
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A04180 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4180--A
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. SAYEGH, EPSTEIN, SOLAGES, STIRPE, COLTON, CRUZ,
          SIMON, DARLING, JEAN-PIERRE, GLICK, FERNANDEZ, GOTTFRIED, RAMOS, HUNT-
          ER, JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election  Law
          --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Election Law in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  providing  translators
          at certain polling place locations
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  a.  In  creating, consolidating, dividing or altering any election
     4  district, the board of elections shall determine the number of  citizens
     5  of  voting  age  in  the district who speak the same language other than
     6  English at home using the most recent  United  States  Census  data.  If
     7  fifteen  percent of the number of voting age citizens who speak the same
     8  language other than English at home, the board of elections must provide
     9  for at least one poll worker that speaks such language at polling places
    10  in the district.
    11    b.  For  any  currently  existing  election  district,  the  board  of
    12  elections shall determine the number of citizens of voting age who speak
    13  the  same  language  other  than  English  at home using the most recent
    14  United States Census data. If fifteen percent of the  number  of  voting
    15  age citizens who speak the same language other than English at home, the
    16  board of elections must provide for at least one poll worker that speaks
    17  such language at polling places in the district.
    18    c.  Upon  voter  request,  the  poll  worker  assigned  to an election
    19  district pursuant to paragraphs a  and  b  of  this  subdivision,  shall
    20  provide  translation  services  to the voter in the language that led to
    21  their assignment to a given election district.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02579-03-2
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