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S 1842: Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.
What S 1842 does, verified December 6, 2025
The bill aims to amend the election law to allow for the employment of election inspectors or poll clerks to work split shifts with adjusted compensation. This change requires that at least one inspector and one clerk from each of the two major political parties be present at the poll site for the entire time the polls are open. Each county board of elections is responsible for prescribing necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll site operation. The bill takes effect immediately.
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| Dec. 05, 2025 | SIGNED CHAP.596 |
| Dec. 01, 2025 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | passed assembly |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | ordered to third reading cal.78 |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | substituted for a6138 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 220 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1842 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 7. The board of elections may employ election inspectors or poll 5 clerks to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev- 6 er, that at least one election inspector and one poll clerk from each of 7 the two major political parties is present at the poll site for the 8 entire time that the polls are open. Each county board of elections 9 shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll 10 site operation. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05213-01-5
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