New York A 8731: Permits election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places designated for early voting within the county

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A08731 Summary:

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Permits election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places designated for early voting within the county.

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06/02/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8731

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 2, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permitting election
 commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places
 designated for early voting within the county

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) 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 (b) The largest city in the county or, if there is no city in the
 5 county, the municipality with the highest population in each county
 6 based on the latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in
 7 Washington county, or, where the election commissioners representing
 8 both major political parties in a county agree to an alternative
 9 location for early voting, such alternative location, shall have at
 10 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent
 11 practicable if such city or municipality has public transportation
 12 routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation
 13 routes.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11204-02-5

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