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NY S00786
Bill
Status
1/6/2021
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Gounardes
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AI Summary
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Requires boards of elections in cities with populations of one million or more to provide interpreters for all designated city-wide languages at poll sites with at least 50 voting age residents with limited English proficiency in that language
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Interpreter availability determinations based on most recent U.S. Census data or American Community Survey data, reviewed every two years beginning January 1, 2024
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All interpreters must be made available to the public inside poll sites and must comply with election law standards; violators are immediately relieved of duties
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State Board of Elections must promulgate rules establishing standards for the number of interpreters required at each poll site based on the number of limited English proficiency residents
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Effective on January 1 of the year following enactment; State Board of Elections authorized to adopt necessary rules and regulations immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/5/2022