Assembly Bill A3411

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to voter registration transfers

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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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2017-A3411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1732
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-208 & 8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7011
2011-2012: A1230, A8633, S5236
2013-2014: A83, S1990
2015-2016: A5598, S858
2019-2020: A775, S1099

2017-A3411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if the voter moves to a new county.

2017-A3411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3411
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAVANAGH, ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY, ABINANTI, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, SIMON, ROZIC,  BRINDISI,
   JAFFEE,  BUCHWALD,  RYAN, CUSICK, PAULIN, HEVESI, SKOUFIS, DINOWITZ --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  CAHILL,  FARRELL,  GOTTFRIED,  MAGEE,
   THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to voter registration
   transfers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1, 4, and 8 of section 5-208 of the election
 law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996,
 subdivision 4 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended
 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   1.  The board of elections shall transfer the registration and enroll-
 ment of any voter APPEARING ON A STATEWIDE VOTER LIST PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION 5-614 OF THIS  ARTICLE  for  whom  it  receives  a
 notice  of  change  of address to another address in [the same county or
 city] NEW YORK STATE, or for any voter who casts a ballot in an  affida-
 vit  ballot  envelope which sets forth such a new address.  Such notices
 shall include, but not be limited to, notices received  from  any  state
 agency  which  conducts  a  voter  registration  program pursuant to the
 provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this title, that the voter has
 notified such agency of a change of address in [the same city or county]
 NEW YORK STATE unless the  voter  has  indicated  that  such  change  of
 address  is  not  for  voter registration purposes, notices of change of
 address from the United  States  Postal  Service  through  the  National
 Change  of  Address  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail
 sent to a voter by the board of elections and  returned  by  the  postal
 service,  national or state voter registration forms, confirmation mail-
 ing response cards, United States Postal Service notices to  correspond-
 ents  of  change  of address, applications for registration from persons
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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