STATE OF NEW YORK
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6478
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 18, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to early voting polling
places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections at
which no voters are eligible to vote
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section
2 8-600 of the election law are relettered paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) and
3 a new paragraph (b) is added to read as follows:
4 (b) For any special, primary or run-off primary election at which no
5 voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county
6 are eligible to vote, the board of elections may, in lieu of having an
7 early voting polling place in such municipality, designate a polling
8 place for early voting in the municipality with the highest population
9 within the county within which the voters are eligible to vote at such
10 special, primary, or run-off primary election.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10429-02-1
