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NY A07216
Bill
Status
3/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Monique Chandler-Waterman
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AI Summary
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Requires New York City's board of elections to provide all website voting information in French and Creole that is currently offered in other non-English languages
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Mandates citywide distribution of a voter booklet containing voter registration forms in English with French and Creole instructions, absentee ballot application guidance, and FAQs
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Requires French-English and/or Creole-English translators at polling places in political subdivisions where more than 5% of voting-age citizens speak French and/or Creole with limited English proficiency
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Translators must be present from poll opening to closing during primary, general, and special elections
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Takes effect 60 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization to develop necessary implementing regulations
Legislative Description
Provides voting materials in French and Creole; requires translators in French and Creole in the city of New York at polling places in subdivisions where more than five percent of the citizens of voting age speak the language of French and/or Creole and are limited-English proficient.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026