STATE OF NEW YORK
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6434
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 18, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 alternative provisions
for poll site staffing
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 3-500
2 to read as follows:
3 § 3-500. Alternative poll site staffing plan. 1. Notwithstanding the
4 provisions of title four of this article, a board of elections may
5 design an alternative poll site staffing plan to more efficiently
6 conduct an election in accordance with this section. Such alternative
7 poll site staffing plan must be filed with the state board of elections.
8 2. An alternative staffing plan shall provide for at least four
9 inspectors, equally divided among the major parties, to be assigned to
10 each poll site, and all staffing must be likewise bipartisan. An alter-
11 native staffing plan may consolidate election district and poll site
12 staffing functions to efficiently conduct an election pursuant to this
13 chapter, provided the tabulation of votes by election district shall not
14 be impaired unless consolidation of election districts for an election
15 is otherwise permitted by this chapter, and such staffing plan complies
16 with 9 NYCRR 6210.19(c).
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
18 ing the 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.
LBD11061-01-7
