Provides that whenever the majority of voters eligible to vote in an election district reside on a college or university campus, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such campus.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3430
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BRADLEY, CAHILL, COOK, CUSICK, GALEF, PEOPLES,
ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DIAZ, FARRELL, GLICK,
LIFTON, LUPARDO, PHEFFER, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the designation of
polling places
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
3 5-a. Whenever the majority of voters eligible to vote in an election
4 district reside on a college or university campus, the polling place
5 designated for any such district shall be on that campus.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
7 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03295-01-9
