A05344 Summary:

BILL NOA05344
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORBichotte Hermelyn
 
COSPNSRPeoples-Stokes, Dickens, Simon, Jean-Pierre
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §3-507, El L
 
Relates to providing voting materials and assistance in Haitian Creole.
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A05344 Actions:

BILL NOA05344
 
02/12/2021referred to election law
01/05/2022referred to election law
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A05344 Committee Votes:

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A05344 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A05344 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5344
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 12, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  PEOPLES-STOKES, DICKENS,
          SIMON, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Election Law
 
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing voting mate-
          rials and assistance in Haitian Creole

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-507
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-507. Board  of  elections;  voting  materials  and  assistance  in
     4  Haitian Creole. Each board of elections shall:
     5    (a)  Provide  all  information  that  is  provided  by such a board of
     6  elections in English about the electoral process, including registration
     7  or voting notices, forms, instructions, voting systems,  ballot  marking
     8  devices  and  ballots  in  Haitian  Creole to the extent needed to allow
     9  voters who speak Haitian Creole to participate effectively in the  elec-
    10  toral  process  and  all  voting-connected  activities.  Such  board  of
    11  elections shall also provide the same information in Haitian Creole that
    12  it provides in languages other than English on its website.  Such  board
    13  of  elections shall also produce and disseminate citywide a booklet that
    14  includes: (1) a voter registration form in English with instructions  in
    15  Haitian  Creole; (2) instructions in Haitian Creole regarding the crite-
    16  ria and application process for obtaining an absentee ballot; and (3)  a
    17  section  with  general  voter  information  in  Haitian Creole including
    18  frequently asked questions. Such board may include  other  languages  on
    19  its website and in such booklet.
    20    (b)  Provide  one or more Haitian Creole-speaking interpreters at each
    21  polling location in election districts in any county that  has  a  popu-
    22  lation comprised of five percent or more of people who identify as being
    23  Haitian  according  to  the  most  recent  United States census, for the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06484-01-1

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     1  purpose of assisting voters whose first language is  Haitian  Creole  to
     2  participate in all aspects of the voting process.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.  Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
     5  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
     6  this  act  on  its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
     7  such date.
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