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Assembly Bill A1414

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants a convicted felon the right to register to vote at any election

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2009-A1414 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-106, El L

2009-A1414 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants a convicted felon the right to register to vote at any election at such time that he is released from imprisonment on parole; includes state felony conviction, federal felony conviction and conviction in another state for a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state.

2009-A1414 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1414

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT,  O'DONNELL,  GREENE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  certain
  persons on parole the right to register and vote at any election

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-106  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  373  of  the  laws  of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. No person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to  the  laws
of  this  state,  shall  have  the  right to register for or vote at any
election unless [he]: (I)  SUCH  PERSON  shall  have  been  pardoned  or
restored  to  the  rights  of citizenship by the governor, or [his] (II)
SUCH PERSON'S maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or  [he  has
been  discharged  from  parole.  The  governor, however, may attach as a
condition to any such pardon a provision that any such person shall  not
have  the right of suffrage until it shall have been separately restored
to him] (III) SUCH PERSON IS SERVING A TERM OF PAROLE AND SUCH  PERSON'S
CRIME OF CONVICTION IS ONE FOR WHICH A MERIT TIME ALLOWANCE IS PERMITTED
PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED THREE OR EIGHT HUNDRED FOUR OF THE
CORRECTION LAW.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5-106 of the election law is amended  to
read as follows:
  3.  No  person who has been convicted in a federal court, of a felony,
or a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws  of
this state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any election
unless [he]: (I) SUCH PERSON shall have been pardoned or restored to the
rights  of  citizenship  by the president of the United States, or [his]
(II) SUCH PERSON'S maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or  [he
has  been discharged from parole] (III) SUCH PERSON IS SERVING A TERM OF

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

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