STATE OF NEW YORK
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530--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, OTIS, PAULIN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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; provided, however, a qualified voter who is
6 a New York state resident and is licensed to practice law therein may
7 serve as a watcher at any polling place. No person shall be appointed
8 or act as a watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted
9 for by the voters of the election district in the same election in which
10 the watcher is to serve. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed
11 as prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a polling place in such
12 district on an election day while the polls are open.
13 § 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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