STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

7186--A

2021-2022 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

April 29, 2021 ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of polling sites for early voting in certain cities and towns

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 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) (i) The board of elections shall designate polling places for 5 early voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, 6 for persons to vote early pursuant to this title. 7 (ii) In cities or towns with a population of more than one hundred 8 thousand, but less than one million based on the latest federal decenni- 9 al census, there shall be at least one early voting polling place for 10 every full increment of fifty thousand persons in such cities and towns 11 based on the latest federal decennial census; provided, however, the 12 number of early voting polling places in each such city and town shall 13 not be required to be greater than eleven, and to the extent practica- 14 ble, if such cities or towns have public transportation routes, such 15 polling places shall be situated along such transportation routes. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 17 manner as chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, takes effect.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06622-04-2