New York S 6449: Authorizes consolidation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible voters

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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6449
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 authorizing consol-
idation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible
voters
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 5 of section 4-104 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 1995, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) Whenever the number of voters eligible to vote in an election in
5 any election district is less than one hundred, the polling place desig-
6 nated for such district may be the polling place of any other district
7 which could properly be designated as the polling place of the first
8 mentioned district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, except
9 that the polling place designated for any such district may be the poll-
10 ing place of any other district in such city or town provided that the
11 distance from such first mentioned district to the polling place for
12 such other district is not unreasonable pursuant to rules or regulations
13 prescribed by the state board of elections and provided that the total
14 number of persons eligible to vote in such other district in such
15 election, including the persons eligible to vote in such first mentioned
16 districts, is not more than five hundred. The inspectors of election and
17 poll clerks, if any, of such other election district shall also act in
18 all respects as the election officers for such first mentioned districts
19 and no other inspectors shall be appointed to serve in or for such first
20 mentioned districts. A separate poll ledger or computer generated regis-
21 tration list, separate voting machine or ballots and separate canvass of
22 results shall be provided for such first mentioned districts, except
23 that if the candidates and ballot proposals to be voted on by the voters
24 of such districts are the same, the election districts shall be combined
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01996-01-9

S. 6449 2
1 and shall constitute a single election district for that election.
2 However, if the first mentioned district contains fewer than ten voters
3 eligible to vote in such election, there shall be no limitation on the
4 Iftotal number of persons eligible to vote in such combined district.
5 the polling place for any election district is moved for any election,
6 pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, the board of elections
7 shall, not later than ten nor more than fifteen days before such
8 election, mail, by first class mail, to each voter eligible to vote in
9 such election district at such election, a notice setting forth the
10 location of the polling place for such election and specifying that such
11 location is for such election only.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.