A00694 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00694 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Miller |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §8-104, El L | |
| Requires each polling place shall have at least two voting booths which are designed to be used by elderly or disabled persons; such booths shall have a surface which is at a level permitting the voter to be seated and a chair shall be available and provided as needed for any voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot. | |
A00694 Actions:
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| 01/07/2015 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A00694 Committee Votes:
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Go to topA00694 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 694 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring each polling site to provide voting booths designed for elderly or disabled voters The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8-104 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-b to read as follows: 3 1-b. Each polling place shall have at least two voting booths which 4 are designed to be used by elderly or disabled persons. Such booths 5 shall have a surface which is at a level permitting the voter to be 6 seated and a chair shall be available and provided as needed for any 7 voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02883-01-5