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A03918 Summary:

BILL NO	A03918
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Bichotte Hermelyn
COSPNSR	Simon, Colton, Gibbs
MLTSPNSR
Add §3-507, El L
Requires boards of elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials.

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A03918 Actions:

BILL NO	A03918
02/08/2023	referred to election law
01/03/2024	referred to election law

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A03918 Committee Votes:

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A03918 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3918
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SIMON, COLTON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to requiring boards of
          elections to provide Haitian Creole language voting materials
 
          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 3-507
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-507. Boards of elections; voting materials in Haitian Creole. Each
     4  board of elections shall provide the same information in Haitian  Creole
     5  that  it  provides  in  languages  other than English on its website. It
     6  shall also produce and disseminate citywide a booklet that includes: (a)
     7  a voter registration  form  in  English  with  instructions  in  Haitian
     8  Creole;  (b)  instructions  in Haitian Creole regarding the criteria and
     9  application process for obtaining an absentee ballot; and (c) a  section
    10  with  general  voter  information in Haitian Creole including frequently
    11  asked questions. Such board may include other languages on  its  website
    12  and in such booklet.
    13    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07270-01-3

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