STATE OF NEW YORK
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6138
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, BUTTENSCHON, TAYLOR -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to split shifts for
election inspectors or poll clerks
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors or poll
5 clerks to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
6 er, that at least one election inspector and one poll clerk from each of
7 the two major political parties is present at the poll site for the
8 entire time that the polls are open. Each county board of elections
9 shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
10 site operation.
11 § 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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