STATE OF NEW YORK
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8657
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the county
seat in Warren 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:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (b) The largest city in the county or, if there is no city in the
5 county, the municipality with the highest population in each county
6 based on the latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in
7 Washington county, or the county seat in Warren county, shall have at
8 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent
9 practicable if such city or municipality has public transportation
10 routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation
11 routes.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2022 and shall apply to any
13 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.
LBD14129-01-1
