Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official source posted by the New York State Senate, fetched 2026-08-11. Nothing is edited or removed. Where this bill amends existing law, language marked for deletion in the official source appears here in brackets. The official bill page.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1842
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 14, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, SALAZAR, WEBB -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Elections
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:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
follows:
7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors OR POLL
CLERKS to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
er, that at least one ELECTION inspector AND ONE POLL CLERK from each of
the two major political parties is present at the poll site for the
entire time that the polls are open. Each county board of elections
shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
site operation.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05213-01-5Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.