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Senate elections panel advances bill on voter notices after debate over wording and recipients
Summary
The Senate Elections Committee on May 28 advanced a bill by Senator Rivera that would require additional notices related to voter status and polling-place changes in New York City; committee members raised concerns about wording on closed primaries, whether challengers would receive notices, and the cost of multiple mailings and calls.
The Senate Elections Committee, chaired by Senator Christine Gonzalez, on May 28 voted to report a bill by Senator Rivera to the Senate with one recorded no vote after members debated how the measure describes closed primaries and which people and offices should receive notice of polling-place and voter-status changes.
Senator Wilson read the measure into the record as "Senate bill 3 5 9 6 8 acts to amend the election law in relation to notifying voters" and committee members then discussed the bill's text and operational impacts. Senator Gonzalez presided over the hearing.
A committee member objected to the bill's current…
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