New York Assembly Bill A05834 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5834 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to early voting for certain special elections; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended by adding two 2 new subdivisions 2-a and 4-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, early 4 voting for any special election held on the twenty-ninth day of April in 5 the year two thousand twenty-five shall begin on the twenty-first day of 6 April in the year two thousand twenty-five, and shall end on the twen- 7 ty-seventh day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five. 8 4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 9 duration for early voting hours for any special election held on the 10 twenty-ninth day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five shall be, 11 in accordance with the other requirements of this section, equal to or 12 greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required by 13 this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December 15 31, 2025 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be 16 repealed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10023-01-5