New York State Assembly

Bill No.:  

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

---

S04877 Summary:

BILL NO	S04877
SAME AS	SAME AS A03025
SPONSOR	PARKER
COSPNSR	COMRIE
MLTSPNSR
Add §3-507, El L
Relates to providing Haitian Creole language voting materials.

Go to top    

---

S04877 Actions:

BILL NO	S04877
03/28/2019	REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Go to top

---

S04877 Committee Votes:

Go to top

---

S04877 Floor Votes:

Go to top

---

S04877 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4877
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 28, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, COMRIE -- 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  providing  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. A
     4  board of elections in a city with a population of over one million shall
     5  provide the same information in  Haitian  Creole  that  it  provides  in
     6  languages  other  than English on its website. It shall also produce and
     7  disseminate citywide a booklet that includes: (a) a  voter  registration
     8  form in English with instructions in Haitian Creole; (b) instructions in
     9  Haitian  Creole  regarding  the  criteria  and  application  process for
    10  obtaining an absentee ballot; and  (c)  a  section  with  general  voter
    11  information in Haitian Creole including frequently asked questions. Such
    12  board may include other languages on its website and in such booklet.
    13    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    14  ing that 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.
                                                                   LBD00110-01-9

Go to top