Assembly Actions -
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Apr 14, 2010 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 25, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 24, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 23, 2010 |
1st report cal.304 |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to elections returned to senate died in assembly |
May 27, 2009 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 04, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 29, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 28, 2009 |
1st report cal.229 |
Mar 13, 2009 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S3252
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S3252 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4313
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§5-210 & 5-500, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S1567, A3590
2013-2014: S1938, A5858
2015-2016: S7811, A5534
2017-2018: S7754, A1057
2019-2020: S1718, A1565
2009-S3252 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for the inclusion, at a voter's option, of an email address in the voter registration application and record, whereupon notices and other communication required to be sent to the voter by the state board of elections shall be sent by email in addition to postal mail; county boards of elections and the board of elections of the city of New York shall have the option of sending required notices and communications by email in addition to postal mail to certain voters.
2009-S3252 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3252 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to including email addresses in voter registration data PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To give voters the option of providing their e-mail addresses when registering to vote and to require that the New York State Board of Elections send all official communications to a person via regular mail and e-mail if the person provides their e-mail address when registering to vote. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 -- Establishes that there shall be a space on voter registration cards for a person to provide their e-mail address. The person registering to vote is not required to provide an e-mail address, and the voter registration form will notify voters that if an e-mail address is provided, all official communications from the New York State Board of Elections will be sent to that person's regular mail address and e-mail address.
2009-S3252 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3252 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 13, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, DIAZ, DILAN, ESPADA, HASSELL-THOMPSON, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PERKINS, STAVISKY -- 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 including email addresses in voter registration data THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (k) and (l) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, subpar- agraph (xii) of paragraph (k) as added by chapter 362 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read as follows: (k) The form shall also include space for the following information, which must be contained on the inside of the form after it is folded for mailing: (i) A space for the applicant to indicate whether or not he or she has ever voted or registered to vote before and, if so, the approximate year in which such applicant last voted or registered and his or her name and address at the time. (ii) The name and residence address of the applicant including the zip code and apartment number, if any. (iii) A SPACE FOR THE FURNISHING OF AN EMAIL ADDRESS, THE FURNISHING OF WHICH SHALL BE OPTIONAL, TOGETHER WITH A NOTICE STATING THAT IF AN EMAIL ADDRESS IS FURNISHED, ALL NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE SENT BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE VOTER BY POSTAL MAIL SHALL BE SENT BY EMAIL IN ADDITION TO POSTAL MAIL. COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF SENDING NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO THE VOTER BY POSTAL MAIL BY EMAIL IN ADDITION TO POSTAL MAIL IF THE VOTER FURNISHES AN EMAIL ADDRESS. (IV) The date of birth of the applicant. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01664-01-9
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