S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5944
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 23, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. DIAZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to check of registrants
and information notice by mail
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
1. The board of elections, [not less than sixty-five days nor more
than seventy days before the day of the general election in] BETWEEN
AUGUST FIRST AND AUGUST FIFTH OF each year, shall send by first class
mail on which is endorsed "ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED" and which
contains a request that any such mail received for persons not residing
at the address be dropped back in the mail, a communication, in a form
approved by the state board of elections, to every registered voter who
has been registered without a change of address since the beginning of
such year, except that the board of elections shall not be required to
send such communications to voters in inactive status. The communication
shall notify the voter of the days and hours of the ensuing primary and
general elections, the place where he appears by his registration
records to be entitled to vote, the fact that voters who have moved or
will have moved from the address where they were last registered must
re-register or, that if such move was to another address in the same
county or city, that such voter may either notify the board of elections
of his new address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his
new address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise noti-
fied the board of elections of the change of address. If the location of
the polling place for the voter's election district has been moved, the
communication shall contain the following legend in bold type: "YOUR
POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN CHANGED. YOU NOW VOTE AT..........". The commu-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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nication shall also indicate whether the polling place is accessible to
physically disabled voters, that a voter who will be out of the city or
county on the day of the primary or general election or a voter who is
ill or physically disabled may obtain an absentee ballot, that a phys-
ically disabled voter whose polling place is not accessible may request
that his registration record be moved to an election district which has
a polling place which is accessible, the phone number to call for appli-
cations to move a registration record or for absentee ballot applica-
tions, the phone number to call for the location of registration and
polling places, the phone number to call to indicate that the voter is
willing to serve on election day as an election inspector, poll clerk,
interpreter or in other capacities, the phone number to call to obtain
an application for registration by mail, and such other information
concerning the elections or registration as the board may include. In
lieu of sending such communication to every registered voter, the board
of elections may send a single communication to a household containing
more than one registered voter, provided that the names of all such
voters appear as part of the address on such communication.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.