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NY A07857
Bill
Status
4/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Latrice Walker
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AI Summary
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Requires boards of elections to establish polling places at all state and local correctional facilities where eligible detained individuals may vote, with the same hours and days of operation as regular early voting and election day polling locations
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Creates "active eligible detainee" voter status that automatically assigns registered voters who are detained to correctional polling places at their facility, with automatic reassignment upon transfer or release
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Mandates sheriffs and facility administrators report detainee intake, transfers, and releases to county boards of elections at least monthly, increasing to weekly within three months of elections and daily during early voting periods
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Requires correctional facilities to provide non-partisan voter education materials at intake, upon transfer, and at sentencing, and to post voting information in high-traffic areas including law libraries and recreational rooms
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Authorizes bipartisan election officials and inspectors to visit correctional facilities at will to discharge their duties, and requires the state board of elections to report within 60 days of each election on the number of detained individuals who voted and by what method
Legislative Description
Allows individuals detained in any correctional or local correctional facility to vote at polling places located within the facility if they are registered to vote and are otherwise eligible; provides for polling places within correctional facilities; provides for automatic changes in voter status; includes bi-partisan boards of elections officials and inspectors as persons who may visit correctional facilities.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026