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A 8731: Permits election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places designated for early voting within the county.
What A 8731 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to allow election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for early voting polling places within a county. The alternative location must have at least one polling place designated for early voting, and ideally, it should be situated along public transportation routes if the location has such routes available. This change will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8731
- What is the current status of A 8731?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 8731 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 8731 pass?
- Not yet. A 8731 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 8731, and where is it now?
- A 8731 was authored by Asm. Andrew Molitor. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Jun. 02, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, June 2, 2025 · 255 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8731 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 2, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permitting election commissioners to agree on alternative locations for polling places designated for early voting within the county 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 city in the county or, if there is no city in the 5 county, the municipality with the highest population in each county 6 based on the latest federal decennial census, or the county seat in 7 Washington county, or, where the election commissioners representing 8 both major political parties in a county agree to an alternative 9 location for early voting, such alternative location, shall have at 10 least one polling place designated for early voting, and to the extent 11 practicable if such city or municipality has public transportation 12 routes, such polling place shall be situated along such transportation 13 routes. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11204-02-5
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