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A 7877: Authorizes early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat.
What A 7877 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to amend the election law to increase early voting accessibility. At least one polling place for early voting will be designated in each county, or in its absence, in the municipality with the highest population or the county seat. If possible, these polling places will be situated along public transportation routes. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7877
- What is the current status of A 7877?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 7877 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 7877 pass?
- Not yet. A 7877 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7877, and where is it now?
- A 7877 was authored by Asm. Matthew Slater with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 243 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7877 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing early voting sites to be placed at at least one city in a county, or if there is no city in such county, the county seat The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 781 of the laws of 2021, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (b) [The largest] At least one city in the county or, if there is no 5 city in the county, the municipality with the highest population in each 6 county based on the latest federal decennial census or the county seat, 7 or the county seat in Washington county, shall have at least one polling 8 place designated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such 9 city or municipality has public transportation routes, such polling 10 place shall be situated along such transportation routes. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05116-01-5
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