Senate Bill S4317

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to voter enrollment

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4317 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7940
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-302 & 5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S423, A5892
2013-2014: S3251, A935
2015-2016: S2740, A5763
2017-2018: S5615, A5751, A10843
2019-2020: S2510, A1949

2009-S4317 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to voter enrollment.

2009-S4317 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4317

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter enrollment

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 5-302 of the election law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by chapter 91 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read
as follows:
  2. If the application form is for a voter who has changed his  enroll-
ment  [or  a  voter who has previously registered and not enrolled] FROM
ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER, then the board  of  elections  shall  compare  the
information  and  the  signature  appearing  on  each  application  form
received with that on the registration poll record of the applicant  and
if  found  to correspond in all particulars shall[, not earlier than the
Tuesday following the next general election and not later than the thir-
tieth day preceding the  last  day  for  publishing  enrollment  lists,]
proceed  in the manner specified in subdivision one hereof to enter such
enrollment on such voter's registration poll card, EXCEPT THAT ALL FORMS
SUBMITTED DURING THE NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO A PRIMARY ELECTION  SHALL  NOT
BE PROCESSED UNTIL AFTER THAT ELECTION.
  4.  Registration  poll  records  of voters whose registrations are not
rejected by the board of elections shall forthwith be placed in the poll
ledger or such voters' names shall forthwith be entered in the  computer
files from which the computer generated registration lists are prepared,
except that the registration poll record of an otherwise qualified voter
who registers after the twenty-fifth day before a primary election shall
not be placed in such poll ledger or such voters' names shall not appear
on  such a computer generated registration list until after such primary
and except further that the registration poll record of  a  voter  whose
previous  registration  was cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11042-01-9
              

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