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NY A09612
Bill
Status
3/26/2024
Primary Sponsor
Latrice Walker
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AI Summary
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Establishes polling places at correctional and local correctional facilities for early voting, operating at least 3 hours daily from 3 days before to 2 days before elections, accessible only to detainees, confined persons, and facility employees registered in the county.
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Requires boards of elections in counties with 100,000+ registered voters to provide absentee ballot voting at correctional facilities holding 75+ persons without regard to number of applications received.
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Mandates all correctional facilities provide detainees access to voter registration forms and absentee ballot applications no later than 21 days before elections, with facility staff cooperation and reasonable accommodations.
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Requires the state board of elections to create plain-language educational materials about voting rights for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for inclusion in inmate handbooks and reentry resources.
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Allows election officials and inspectors access to correctional facilities to discharge voting duties, and includes provisions ensuring persons in segregated confinement can register and vote; establishes presumption of violation when facility staff intentionally frustrate voting access.
Legislative Description
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
Last Action
referred to election law
3/26/2024