New York S 1883: Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting

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S01883 Summary:

BILL NOS01883 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02294

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-600, El L

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Requires the county seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.

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01/14/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/19/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1883

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 requiring the county
 seat in Fulton county to have at least one polling place designated
 for early voting

 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 8-600 of the election law, as
 2 amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early
 5 voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for
 6 persons to vote early pursuant to this title.
 7 (b) The largest city in the county or, if there is no city in the
 8 county, the municipality with the highest population in each county
 9 based on the latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in
 10 Washington county, or the county seat in Fulton county, shall have at
 11 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent
 12 practicable if such city or municipality has public transportation
 13 routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation
 14 routes.
 15 (c) In counties with at least five hundred thousand registered voters,
 16 there shall be so designated at least one early voting polling place for
 17 every full increment of forty thousand registered voters.
 18 (d) In all other counties with less than five hundred thousand regis-
 19 tered voters, there shall be so designated at least one early voting
 20 polling place for every full increment of thirty thousand registered
 21 voters; provided, however, the number of early voting polling places in
 22 counties with less than five hundred thousand registered voters shall
 23 not be required to be greater than ten nor less than one.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05475-01-5

 S. 1883 2

 1 (e) For any special, primary or run-off primary election at which no
 2 voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county
 3 are eligible to vote, the board of elections may, in lieu of having an
 4 early voting polling place in such municipality, designate a polling
 5 place for early voting in the municipality with the highest population
 6 within the county within which the voters are eligible to vote at such
 7 special, primary, or run-off primary election.
 8 (f) The board of elections of each county or the city of New York may
 9 establish additional polling places for early voting in excess of the
 10 minimum number required by this subdivision for the convenience of
 11 eligible voters.
 12 (g) Notwithstanding the minimum number of early voting poll sites
 13 otherwise required by this subdivision, for any primary or special
 14 election, upon majority vote of the board of elections, the number of
 15 early voting sites may be reduced when the board of elections determines
 16 a lesser number of sites is sufficient to meet the needs of early
 17 voters.
 18 (h) Polling places for early voting shall be located so that voters in
 19 the county have adequate and equitable access, taking into consideration
 20 population density, travel time to the polling place, proximity to other
 21 early voting poll sites, public transportation routes, commuter traffic
 22 patterns and such other factors the board of elections deems appropri-
 23 ate. The provisions of section 4-104 of this chapter, except subdivi