Assembly Bill A5401

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires voters to provide driver's license or non-driver identification card, or other forms of identification prior to voting on a voting machine; repealer

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  • 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-A5401 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-302, rpld §8-303, El L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3373

2009-A5401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires voters to provide driver's license or non-driver identification card, a photo identification card issued by any public or private college or university in the United States, or other forms of identification prior to voting on a voting machine; such other forms of identification shall be established in the rules and regulations of the state board of elections, which shall reflect the six points of identification used by the department of motor vehicles.

2009-A5401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5401

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SPANO, REILLY, FIELDS, ZEBROWSKI, MILLMAN --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of A. GABRYSZAK,  JOHN  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to requiring a voter to
  produce identification prior to casting his or her vote on the  voting
  machine;  and  to repeal section 8-303 of such law relating to initial
  voter identification

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2-a of section 8-302 of the
election law, as added by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) [If a voter's name appears in the computer generated  registration
list  with  a  notation indicating that the voter's identity was not yet
verified as required by the federal Help  America  Vote  Act,  the]  THE
inspector  shall  require  that  the  voter produce one of the following
types of identification before permitting the voter to cast his  or  her
vote on the voting machine:
  (i)  a  driver's  license  or  department of motor vehicles non-driver
photo [ID] IDENTIFICATION card [or other current and valid  photo  iden-
tification]; OR
  (ii)  [a  copy  of  a current utility bill, bank statement, government
check, paycheck or other government document that  shows  the  name  and
address  of  the voter] A PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY ANY PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES; OR
  (III) SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF IDENTITY AS ARE  PROVIDED  FOR
IN  THE  RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WHICH TO
THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE SHALL REFLECT THE SIX  POINTS  OF  IDENTIFICATION
ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES.
  S 2. Section 8-303 of the election law is REPEALED.
  S 3. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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