STATE OF NEW YORK
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1618
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the hours of operation
for polling places for voting in the primary election
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 367 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
5 ry election from [twelve o'clock noon] six o'clock in the morning until
6 nine o'clock in the evening[, except in the city of New York and the
7 counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam,
8 Dutchess and Erie, and in such city or county from six o'clock in the
9 morning until nine o'clock in the evening]; the general election from
10 six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening; a special
11 election called by the governor pursuant to the public officers law,
12 and, except as otherwise provided by law, every other election, from six
13 o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening.
14 § 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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