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NY S08131
Bill
Status
3/24/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rachel May
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AI Summary
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Requires boards of elections to appoint inspectors who are employees of the facilities where they conduct voting (nursing homes, residential health care facilities, mental health facilities, hospitals, and Veterans Administration facilities), rather than allowing regular board of elections employees.
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Directs boards of elections to deliver absentee ballots to inspectors employed at the specific facilities where residents are located.
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Requires facility administrators to provide assistance and suitable space to inspectors employed at their facility for conducting voting duties.
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Allows boards of elections to mail ballots directly to all eligible residents of a facility if that facility refuses to comply with these requirements.
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Takes effect immediately and expires December 31, 2020.
Legislative Description
Relates to requiring board of inspectors be employees of certain facilities; requires board of inspectors be employees of nursing homes, residential health care facilities, facilities operated or licensed, or under the jurisdiction of, the department of mental hygiene or hospitals or facilities operated by the Veteran's Administration of the United States.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
3/24/2020