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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jul 28, 2009 |
approval memo.7 signed chap.244 |
| Jul 17, 2009 |
delivered to governor |
| May 26, 2009 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.507 substituted for a1559 |
| May 19, 2009 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Apr 21, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
| Apr 20, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
| Apr 07, 2009 |
1st report cal.158 |
| Mar 10, 2009 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S552
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S552 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1559
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3-506, El L
2009-S552 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs board of elections in a city of over one million to furnish voting materials in Russian language as well as in English; further directs the board of elections to produce and disseminate a citywide booklet that includes a voter registration form in English with instructions in Russian and other instructions.
2009-S552 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S552
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the election law, in relation to providing Russian
language voting materials
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To provide voting materials printed in Russian language as well as
English.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-506, which
states that a board of elections in a city of over one million shall
provide the same information in Russian that it provides in languages
other than English on its website.
JUSTIFICATION :
According to a March 2004 MSNBC article, there are 320,000 residents
in the New York Metropolitan Area who were born in Russia and other
Soviet Union countries. The same article also says that there are
between 1 and 1.5 million Russian-speaking people living there. There
are some Assembly districts that have significant Russian speaking
populations, up to even 20% of some districts' total population. These
people are being shut out of the voting process unfairly because of
their language. Voting and registration materials are printed in many
2009-S552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 552 A. 1559
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2009
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, BROOK-KRASNY, WEINSTEIN,
MAISEL, J. RIVERA, CYMBROWITZ, P. RIVERA, HEVESI, JACOBS -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, DIAZ, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, PHEFFER, ROSEN-
THAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing Russian
language voting materials
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-506
to read as follows:
S 3-506. BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; VOTING MATERIALS IN RUSSIAN. A BOARD OF
ELECTIONS IN A CITY OF OVER ONE MILLION SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMA-
TION IN RUSSIAN THAT IT PROVIDES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH ON ITS
WEBSITE. IT SHALL ALSO PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE CITYWIDE A BOOKLET THAT
INCLUDES: (A) A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN ENGLISH WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN
RUSSIAN; (B) INSTRUCTIONS IN RUSSIAN REGARDING THE CRITERIA AND APPLICA-
TION PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND (C) A SECTION WITH
GENERAL VOTER INFORMATION IN RUSSIAN INCLUDING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUES-
TIONS. SUCH BOARD MAY INCLUDE OTHER LANGUAGES ON ITS WEBSITE AND IN SUCH
BOOKLET.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04303-02-9
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