---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections"
description: "Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections when no voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county are eligible to vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6478"
citation: "New York A 6478 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BARRETT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d499c90-5fa0-4c61-bd04-b68d538f3dfd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6478"
source_hash: "50b0d27dbfed926bcc22a5dee4a5336687cd30aeecd2ea9ad7b8d7e936f7cfd4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 6478 (2021-2022) — Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections

Authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections when no voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county are eligible to vote.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A6478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6478&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BARRETT — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** REPORTED
- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.213
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6215
- **2021-05-12** 3RD READING CAL.878
- **2021-05-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-21** SIGNED CHAP.110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d499c90-5fa0-4c61-bd04-b68d538f3dfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).