S 7961: Designates campuses which are operated by the state university of New York with at least sixteen thousand enrolled students and an on campus dormitory as early voting sites and polling sites; provides that such designation requirements shall not apply where an early voting site or polling site is already designated within one mile of the geographic boundaries of such campus.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7961 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 designating certain state university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5-b to read as follows: 3 5-b. Whenever a campus which is operated by the state university of 4 New York and has an enrollment of at least sixteen thousand students and 5 an on campus dormitory, a polling place designated for registrants on 6 such campus shall be at a location approved by such college or universi- 7 ty. 8 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-606 to read 9 as follows: 10 § 8-606. Early voting on state university campuses. Each campus which 11 is operated by the state university of New York and which has an enroll- 12 ment of at least sixteen thousand students and an on campus dormitory 13 shall have an early voting site on such campus. 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01159-03-5