STATE OF NEW YORK
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4068--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, D. ROSENTHAL, DICKENS, JAFFEE, DE LA ROSA,
MOSLEY, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN, NIOU, MONTESANO,
LAWRENCE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON, THIELE -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing uniform
hours during which the polls are open during primary elections
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 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
4 ry election from [twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
5 except in the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
6 Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
7 city or county from] six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in
8 the evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until
9 nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor
10 pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided
11 by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
12 o'clock in the evening. Early voting times shall be as provided in
13 section 8-600 of this article.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to any
16 election held on and after 120 days after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01903-06-9
