Authorizes the Westchester county board of elections to merge any election district with 50 or fewer registered voters into an existing election district.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2428
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 20, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the consolidation of
certain election districts in the county of Westchester
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any provision of subdivision two of this section
4 to the contrary, the board of elections of the county of Westchester may
5 merge any election district with fifty or fewer registered voters into
6 an existing election district so long as both such districts are within
7 the same ward, town, city or village, and the same county legislative,
8 assembly, senatorial and congressional district. Furthermore, no consol-
9 idated election district created pursuant to this subdivision shall
10 exceed the total number of registered voters, excluding registrants in
11 inactive status, exceed the maximum number permitted by this section.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07867-01-1
