Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5834
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 21, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to early voting for
certain special elections; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 2-a and 4-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, early
4 voting for any special election held on the twenty-ninth day of April in
5 the year two thousand twenty-five shall begin on the twenty-first day of
6 April in the year two thousand twenty-five, and shall end on the twen-
7 ty-seventh day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five.
8 4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
9 duration for early voting hours for any special election held on the
10 twenty-ninth day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five shall be,
11 in accordance with the other requirements of this section, equal to or
12 greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required by
13 this section.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
15 31, 2025 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
16 repealed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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