New York S 1776: Authorizes early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat

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S01776 Summary:

BILL NOS01776 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07877

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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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Authorizes early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1776

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 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 authorizing early
 voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if
 there is no city in such county, the county seat

 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] At least one city in the county or, if there is no
 5 city in the county, the municipality with the highest population in each
 6 county based on the latest federal decennial census or the county seat,
 7 or the county seat in Washington county, shall have at least one polling
 8 place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such
 9 city or municipality has public transportation routes, such polling
 10 place shall be situated along such transportation routes.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05116-01-5

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