STATE OF NEW YORK
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10585
IN ASSEMBLY
June 20, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lee) -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring boards of
elections to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling
place
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4-104 of the election law is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. (a) If the board of elections, after designating a polling place,
4 and after sending written notice of such polling place to each regis-
5 tered voter, designates an alternative polling place, it must, at least
6 five days before the next election or day for registration, send by mail
7 a written notice to each registered voter notifying [him] such voter of
8 the changed location of such polling place. If such notice is not possi-
9 ble the board of elections must provide for an alternative form of
10 notice to be given to voters at the location of the previous polling
11 place.
12 (b) In the event that any board of elections intends to change the
13 location of a polling place such board shall, no later than thirty days
14 prior to the date such change shall become effective, or as soon as
15 practicable, notify the following officials:
16 (i) the chairpersons of all state party committees;
17 (ii) the chairpersons of all county party committees in the county in
18 which such polling place is located;
19 (iii) the member of the state assembly representing the district in
20 which such polling place is located; and
21 (iv) the state senator representing the district in which such polling
22 place is located.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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