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N.Y. Elec. Law § 3-110

Time allowed employees to vote

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Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2015
§ 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. If a registered voter does\nnot have sufficient time outside of his working hours, within which to\nvote at any election, he may, without loss of pay for up to two hours,\ntake off so much working time as will, when added to his voting time\noutside his working hours, enable him to vote.\n 2. If an employee has four consecutive hours either between the\nopening of the polls and the beginning of his working shift, or between\nthe end of his working shift and the closing of the polls, he shall be\ndeemed to have sufficient time outside his working hours within which to\nvote. If he has less than four consecutive hours he may take off so much\nworking time as will when added to his voting time outside his working\nhours enable him to vote, but not more than two hours of which shall be\nwithout loss of pay, provided that he shall be allowed time off for\nvoting only at the beginning or end of his working shift, as the\nemployer may designate, unless otherwise mutually agreed.\n 3. If the employee requires working time off to vote he shall notify\nhis employer not more than ten nor less than two working days before the\nday of the election that he requires time off to vote in accordance with\nthe provisions of this section.\n 4. Not less than ten working days before every election, every\nemployer shall post conspicuously in the place of work where it can be\nseen as employees come or go to their place of work, a notice setting\nforth the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be kept posted\nuntil the close of the polls on election day.\n
§ 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. If a registered voter does\nnot have sufficient time outside of his or her scheduled working hours,\nwithin which to vote on any day at which he or she may vote, at any\nelection, he or she may, without loss of pay for up to two hours, take\noff so much working time as will, when added to his or her voting time\noutside his or her working hours, enable him or her to vote.\n 2. If an employee has four consecutive hours either between the\nopening of the polls and the beginning of his or her working shift, or\nbetween the end of his or her working shift and the closing of the\npolls, he or she shall be deemed to have sufficient time outside his or\nher working hours within which to vote. If he or she has less than four\nconsecutive hours he or she may take off so much working time as will,\nwhen added to his or her voting time outside his or her working hours\nenable him or her to vote, but not more than two hours of which shall be\nwithout loss of pay, provided that he or she shall be allowed time off\nfor voting only at the beginning or end of his or her working shift, as\nthe employer may designate, unless otherwise mutually agreed.\n 3. If the employee requires working time off to vote the employee\nshall notify his or her employer not more than ten nor less than two\nworking days before the day of the election that he or she requires time\noff to vote in accordance with the provisions of this section.\n 4. Not less than ten working days before every election, every\nemployer shall post conspicuously in the place of work where it can be\nseen as employees come or go to their place of work, a notice setting\nforth the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be kept posted\nuntil the close of the polls on election day.\n

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