Bill > S03191

This bill modifies early voting regulations in New York by prohibiting early voting on federal holidays and compensating for this restriction by adding an additional day to the early voting period. Specifically, the legislation amends the existing election law to mandate that if the early voting period includes a federal holiday, early voting will be suspended on that holiday, and the board of elections must extend the early voting period by one extra day. The bill maintains the existing early voting window, which begins ten days before an election and ends two days prior to the election, but introduces this new provision about federal holidays. This change aims to potentially reduce voting activity on federal holidays while still ensuring voters have the same total number of early voting days. The bill will take effect on the same date as a previously established reversion of election law, indicating careful coordination with existing legislative timelines.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3191