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NY A06690
Bill
Status
3/25/2021
Primary Sponsor
Mathylde Frontus
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AI Summary
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Extends early voting period from 10 days to 49 days before general, primary, run-off primary, and special elections for public or party positions.
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Requires early voting to end on and including the second day prior to the election.
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Reduces the voter increment threshold for designating early voting polling places from 50,000 to 25,000 registered voters per county.
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Maintains requirement that the municipality with highest population in each county (or county seat in Washington county) have at least one early voting polling place, preferably along public transportation routes.
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Authorizes early voting to be available for forty-nine days before an election; designates at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of twenty-five thousand registered voters.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/5/2022