S7185-2011 Actions

• May 1, 2012: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

S7185-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7185

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the election law, in relation to hours for voting

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
On the occasion that a special
election be held on the same date as a primary election, all poll
locations within the political subdivision of the special election
shall be open from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock at
night for all voting.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 8-100
of the election law, which prescribes dates of and hours for voting.

Section 2 contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The current law is inconvenient and confusing to voters and requires
excess expense to the taxpayers to accommodate the inconsistency in
voting times.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7185-2011 Text

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

                                    7185

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 1, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 hours for voting

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


    Section  1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of
  the election law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b)  is
  added to read as follows:

    (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF A SPECIAL
  ELECTION IS HELD ON THE SAME  DATE  AS  A  PRIMARY  ELECTION,  ANY  POLL
  LOCATED  WITHIN  THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL
  BE OPEN FROM SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT  FOR
  ALL  VOTING, REGARDLESS IF IT IS FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION OR THE SPECIAL
  ELECTION.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13357-01-1