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A06138 Summary:

BILL NOA06138
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01842
 
SPONSORGlick
 
COSPNSRButtenschon, Taylor, Simone, Jacobson, Paulin
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3-400, El L
 
Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.
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A06138 Actions:

BILL NOA06138
 
02/26/2025referred to election law
03/25/2025reported
03/27/2025advanced to third reading cal.78
04/01/2025substituted by s1842
 S01842 AMEND= HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 01/14/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
 02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.294
 02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.
 02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
 03/11/2025PASSED SENATE
 03/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 03/11/2025referred to election law
 04/01/2025substituted for a6138
 04/01/2025ordered to third reading cal.78
 04/01/2025passed assembly
 04/01/2025returned to senate
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A06138 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6138
 
SPONSOR: Glick
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: To allow poll clerks to work half-day shifts on Election Day.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:: Section 1 amends subdivision 7 of 3-400 of the Election Law to allow for half-day Election Day shifts for poll clerks. Section 2 contains the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Poll worker recruitment is notoriously difficult. Very few voters are willing or able to devote an entire 16 hour day to serving as a poll worker, however, a less time-consuming commitment could improve recruit- ment efforts. The Board of Elections is permitted to appoint election inspectors for 8 hour shifts. This permission should be extended to poll clerks, as well.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: A.6973A of 2023-24 (Glick): Reported referred to rules S.609 of 2023-2024 (Hoylman-Sigal): Passed Senate/Passed Senate S.424-A of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Passed Senate/Died in Election Law A.0051-A of 2021-2022 (Quart): Died in Election Law S.2275 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Elections A.1272 of 2019-2020 (Quart): Died in Election Law S.5934 of 2017-2018(Hoylman): Died in Elections A.4257 of 2017-2018 (Quart): Died in Election Law 2015-2016: A2052 referred to Elections 2013-2014: A4670 referred to Elections   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: This bill would take effect immediately.
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A06138 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6138
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 26, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GLICK,  BUTTENSCHON, TAYLOR -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  split  shifts  for
          election inspectors or poll clerks
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  293  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    7. The board of elections  may  employ  election  inspectors  or  poll
     5  clerks to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
     6  er, that at least one election inspector and one poll clerk from each of
     7  the  two  major  political  parties  is present at the poll site for the
     8  entire time that the polls are open.  Each  county  board  of  elections
     9  shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
    10  site operation.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05213-01-5
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