Wed Jan 11, 2023 – 11:49 am EST
ALBANY, New York (LifeSiteNews) – The New York State Senate passed a bill on Monday that would allow for “portable polling locations” during the state’s early voting period for elections.
Senate Bill S242, sponsored by Senate Democrat Rachel May and co-sponsored by Sen. Jeremy A. Cooney and Sen. Lea Webb, would amend the state’s election law by allowing counties “to establish two or more locations for portable polling places for early voting.” These locations would be created in addition to the number of early voting locations already mandated. Each county would determine the maximum number of portable polling sites allowed based on its population.
These sites would be required to be open for at least three consecutive days, and the designation and location of these polling places could be determined as soon as merely 14 days before the election. The locations would be selected to allow for the largest number of voters by county to have “adequate access” to early voting locations.
Factors the bills lists to consider when selecting portable polling site locations include “population density, travel time to the polling place, proximity to other early polling
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