Permits boards of elections to allow election inspectors to work split shifts, their compensation shall be prorated accordingly.

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S756B-2011 Actions

• Jan 25, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 756B
• Jan 25, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
• May 2, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 756A
• May 2, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

S756B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S756B

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the election law, in relation to permitting election inspectors
to split shifts

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to permit boards of elections to allow
election inspectors to split shifts, and prorate their compensation
accordingly.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Subdivision 7 of Section 3-400 of the Election Law is amended to
permit all boards of elections to authorize election inspectors to
work split shifts and prorate their compensation accordingly.

JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, election inspectors are not permitted to split the work day
into shifts. During most elections, polls are open for an average of
sixteen hours. Election workers are not only required to work during
polling hours, but there is additional time required to prep and
close down polling sites. Their job duties are essential to
protecting the integrity and validity of our democratic process. It
is difficult for many inspectors, especially our senior volunteers,
to commit to the long and taxing hours of an election day.
Additionally, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit new
inspectors, and with the implementation of new computerized voting
machines, recruitment and retention levels are expected to drop
further. Allowing election workers to divide their shifts will
increase the pool of candidates available to contribute their time to
the most critical element of democracy.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2009-10: S.1097/A.1126 Referred to Elections
2007-08: S.366/A.11517 Referred to Rules
2006:    S.7557 Referred to Elections

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

One hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law.

S756B-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   756--B

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, DeFRANCISCO, NOZZOLIO, RANZENHOFER -- read
    twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
    Committee  on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
    reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
    to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
    --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
    and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  permitting  election
    inspectors to split shifts

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
  added by chapter 5 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

    7.  [The]  EVERY  board  of  elections may [employ] AUTHORIZE election
  inspectors to work [half-day]  SPLIT  shifts  with  [adjusted]  PRORATED
  compensation,  provided,  however, that at least one inspector from each
  of the two major political parties is present at the poll site  for  the
  entire  time  that  the polls are open.   Each county board of elections
  shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
  site operation.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law; provided that each  board  of  elections  is
  authorized to promulgate any rules necessary to implement the provisions
  of this act on or before such effective date.



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