S 1809: Authorizes, under certain circumstances, full-time college and university students to act as election inspectors and poll clerks in the election district where their college or university is located.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1809 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 the appointment of college and university students as election inspectors The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3-400 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 3 6-a. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision six of this 4 section, any person who is a full-time college or university student may 5 be certified and act as an election inspector or poll clerk in the coun- 6 ty in which such person's college or university is located, or, if 7 located within the city of New York, then such person may be so certi- 8 fied in any county therein, provided such person: 9 (1) is registered to vote in this state; 10 (2) holds no elective office; 11 (3) is not a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the 12 voters of the district in which such person is to serve, and is not the 13 spouse, parent or child of such a candidate; and 14 (4) is able to speak and read the English language and write it legi- 15 bly. 16 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "full-time" shall 17 mean any matriculated student enrolled in at least twelve credit hours 18 per semester at a college, as defined by subdivision two of section six 19 hundred one of the education law, located in this state. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05070-01-5