A09222 Summary:

BILL NOA09222
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05039
 
SPONSORWeprin
 
COSPNSROtis, Abinanti, Galef, Paulin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §8-500, El L
 
Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.
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A09222 Actions:

BILL NOA09222
 
02/09/2022referred to election law
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A09222 Committee Votes:

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A09222 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A09222 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9222
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 9, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WEPRIN, OTIS, ABINANTI, GALEF, PAULIN -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to watchers
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section 8-500 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 418 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    5.  Each  watcher  must  be a qualified voter of the city or county in
     5  which he or she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or  act  as  a
     6  watcher  who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the
     7  voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch-
     8  er is to serve. Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall  be  construed  as
     9  prohibiting  any  such  candidate  from visiting a polling place in such
    10  district on an election day while the polls are open, or an attorney who
    11  is a New York state resident and is licensed to practice law therein.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09249-01-1
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