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NY S02586
Bill
Status
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
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AI Summary
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Requires boards of elections to analyze U.S. Census data to determine the number of voting-age citizens who speak a language other than English at home in each election district
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Mandates that polling places provide at least one poll worker who speaks a non-English language if 15% or more of voting-age citizens in that district speak that language at home
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Applies to both newly created, consolidated, divided, or altered election districts as well as currently existing districts
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Requires assigned multilingual poll workers to provide translation services to voters upon request in the language that qualified the district for language assistance
Legislative Description
Relates to providing interpreters at certain polling place locations if fifteen percent of the number of voting age citizens who speak the same language other than English at home reside in the district where such polling place is located.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/7/2026