STATE OF NEW YORK
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5478
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 8, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 requiring the county
seat in Allegany county to have at least one polling place designated
for early voting
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 amended by chapter 344 of the laws of 2020, is amended
3 to 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; provided, however, that
7 the municipality with the highest population in each county based on the
8 latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in Allegany county,
9 shall have at least one polling place designated for early voting, and
10 to the extent practicable if such municipality has public transportation
11 routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation
12 routes. There shall be so designated at least one early voting polling
13 place for every full increment of fifty thousand registered voters in
14 each county; provided, however, the number of early voting polling plac-
15 es in a county shall not be required to be greater than ten unless
16 required by any other provision of law, and a county with fewer than
17 fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling
18 place.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10357-01-1
