STATE OF NEW YORK
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6922
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
December 20, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of polling
sites for early voting in certain counties
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
2 election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early
5 voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for
6 persons to vote early pursuant to this title. There shall be so desig-
7 nated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment
8 of fifty thousand registered voters in each county; provided, however,
9 the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not be
10 required to be greater than [seven] ten unless required by any other
11 provision of law, and provided further that a county with fewer than
12 fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling
13 place; and provided further that in counties with a population of one
14 million two hundred fifty thousand or more based on the latest federal
15 decennial census, but outside cities with a population of one million or
16 more based on the latest federal decennial census, each town and city in
17 such counties shall have at least one polling place.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14391-02-9
