Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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569
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. MAY, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing county
boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-110
2 to read as follows:
3 § 8-110. County-wide polling places. 1. For the purposes of this
4 section, the term "county-wide polling place" shall mean a polling place
5 in a county where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal
6 appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general
7 election.
8 2. A county board of elections may establish one or more county-wide
9 polling places in its county, upon approval by the state board of
10 elections pursuant to subdivision five of this section.
11 3. Any person entitled to vote in a county by personal appearance may
12 do so at any county-wide polling place established in such county pursu-
13 ant to subdivision two of this section.
14 4. Any such county-wide polling place shall be subject to all other
15 voting and polling place requirements under this article not otherwise
16 inconsistent with the provisions of this section.
17 5. No county board of elections shall establish a county-wide polling
18 place pursuant to this section without first obtaining approval from the
19 state board of elections. A county board of elections may seek such
20 approval by submitting its plans for the establishment and implementa-
21 tion of such county-wide polling place to the state board of elections
22 no later than ninety days before the date of the next election. The
23 state board of elections shall promulgate rules and regulations estab-
24 lishing the approval process pursuant to this subdivision, and governing
25 the implementation of county-wide polling places pursuant to this
26 section.
27 § 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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