Relates to permitting candidates to be employed by a board of elections

Election workers can keep pay with limits

New York election board employees can stay on payroll while running for an office whose election their board oversees. A majority of board commissioners must approve in advance, and employees must follow State Board rules. The State Board must issue rules barring these employees from work directly related to the election in their candidate jurisdiction. Those rules can impose other restrictions. For offices without a primary, payroll status is limited to no more than 90 days before the general election. Candidacy starts when an employee files a designating or nominating petition, or accepts a nomination made without a petition. Employees can take unpaid leave until their candidacy ends or the day after election results are certified, whichever comes first. These limits do not apply to unpaid party positions. The law takes effect with the linked 2024 election-worker conflict-of-interest amendment.