Relates to the number of early voting poll sites in certain cities and towns and requires, where practicable, that such sites shall be situated along public transportation routes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9792
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of polling
sites for early voting in certain cities and towns
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the
2 election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early
5 voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for
6 persons to vote early pursuant to this title. There shall be so desig-
7 nated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment
8 of fifty thousand registered voters in each county; provided, however,
9 the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not be
10 required to be greater than [seven] ten unless required by any other
11 provision of law, and a county with fewer than fifty thousand voters
12 shall have at least one early voting polling place.
13 In cities or towns with a population of more than one hundred thou-
14 sand, but less than one million based on the latest federal decennial
15 census, there shall be at least one early voting polling place for every
16 full increment of fifty thousand registered voters in each such city and
17 town; provided, however, the number of early voting polling places in
18 each such city and town shall not be required to be greater than eleven,
19 and to the extent practicable, if such cities or towns have public
20 transportation routes, such polling places shall be situated along such
21 transportation routes.
22 § 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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