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A6323Assembly2017-2018 Session

Use Tax-Exempt Buildings for Voting

Official title

“Directs that tax exempt buildings be used as polling places whenever possible in Suffolk county”

Sponsor Steven EnglebrightAD-4Affects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
In Assembly Committee
Election Law
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Election Law

What's happening

This bill requires tax-exempt buildings in Suffolk County to be used as polling places whenever possible, ensuring accessibility and convenience.

Why it matters

  1. Prioritizes use of tax-exempt buildings (like schools, churches, and libraries) as polling sites. , which could help reduce costs for taxpayers and ensure public resources serve the community during elections.

  2. Expands potential voting locations and co-location of multiple polling places within a single building. , potentially reducing overcrowding and wait times, and making voting logistically easier for election officials and voters.

  3. Requires that rooms made available are accessible to physically disabled voters and close to convenient entrances. , improving inclusivity and ensuring compliance with accessibility standards for all voters.

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Use Tax-Exempt Buildings for Voting

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Steven Englebright

Assembly Member · Assembly District 4

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History

  1. Referred to election law
  2. Referred to election law

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

6323

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 2, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to polling places in Suffolk county

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 3-504 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:

5. A building exempt from taxation shall be used whenever possible as a polling place if it is situated in the same or a contiguous election district, and may contain as many distinctly separate polling places as public convenience may require. The expense, if any, incidental to its use, shall be paid like the expense of other places of registration and voting. If the board chooses a public building for such purpose, the board or agency which controls such building must make available a room or rooms in such building which are suitable for registration and voting and which are as close as possible to a convenient entrance to such building and must make available any such room or rooms which the board determines are accessible to physically disabled voters as provided in subdivision one-a of section 4-104 of this chapter.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03362-01-7

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