S05537 Summary:

BILL NOS05537A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06939-A
 
SPONSORMAY
 
COSPNSRWEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §8-110, El L
 
Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.
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S05537 Actions:

BILL NOS05537A
 
03/07/2023REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
03/29/2023AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
03/29/2023PRINT NUMBER 5537A
05/09/20231ST REPORT CAL.779
05/10/20232ND REPORT CAL.
05/15/2023ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/17/2023PASSED SENATE
05/17/2023DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/17/2023referred to election law
01/03/2024died in assembly
01/03/2024returned to senate
01/03/2024REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
05/15/20241ST REPORT CAL.1152
05/16/20242ND REPORT CAL.
05/20/2024ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/21/2024PASSED SENATE
05/21/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/21/2024referred to election law
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S05537 Committee Votes:

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S05537 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S05537 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5537--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 7, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to authorizing county
          boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places
 
          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 8-110
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 8-110. County-wide polling places. 1.   For  the  purposes  of  this
     4  section, the term "county-wide polling place" shall mean a polling place
     5  in a county where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal
     6  appearance  may  so  vote  on  the  day of a primary election or general
     7  election.
     8    2. A county board of elections may establish one or  more  county-wide
     9  polling  places  in  its  county,  upon  approval  by the state board of
    10  elections pursuant to subdivision five of this section.
    11    3. Any person entitled to vote in a county by personal appearance  may
    12  do so at any county-wide polling place established in such county pursu-
    13  ant to subdivision two of this section.
    14    4.  Any  such  county-wide polling place shall be subject to all other
    15  voting and polling place requirements under this article  not  otherwise
    16  inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
    17    5.  No county board of elections shall establish a county-wide polling
    18  place pursuant to this section without first obtaining approval from the
    19  state board of elections. A county board  of  elections  may  seek  such
    20  approval  by  submitting its plans for the establishment and implementa-
    21  tion of such county-wide polling place to the state board  of  elections
    22  no  later  than  ninety  days  before the date of the next election. The
    23  state board of elections shall promulgate rules and  regulations  estab-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09406-02-3

        S. 5537--A                          2
 
     1  lishing the approval process pursuant to this subdivision, and governing
     2  the  implementation  of  county-wide  polling  places  pursuant  to this
     3  section.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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