Establishes uniform hours during which the polls are open during primary elections; provides that primary elections shall be conducted between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9170
IN SENATE
September 26, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing uniform
hours during which the polls are open during primary elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 367 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
5 ry election from [twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
6 except in the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
7 Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
8 city or county from] six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in
9 the evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until
10 nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor
11 pursuant to the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided
12 by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
13 o'clock in the evening.
14 § 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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