Assembly Bill A3549

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Shortens registration application form deadline from twenty-five days to ten days

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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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2011-A3549 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4314

2011-A3549 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Shortens registration application form deadline received by the state board of elections or showing a dated cancellation mark from the US post office or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancellation mark from the twenty-fifth day to the tenth day before the ensuing primary, general or special election; further reflects such day change on the statewide application form.

2011-A3549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3549

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GALEF, DINOWITZ, BING, PAULIN, HOYT, GUNTHER,
  BOYLAND, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, KAVANAGH, ZEBROWSKI -- Multi-Sponsored  by
  --  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,  BROOK-KRASNY,  CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON, CONTE,
  GIGLIO, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, JACOBS, LIFTON, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, MILLMAN,
  MOLINARO, PEOPLES-STOKES, REILLY, P. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SPANO,  THIELE,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to registration and
  enrollment

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 5-210 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  Completed  application forms, when received by any county board of
elections and, with respect to  application  forms  promulgated  by  the
federal  election  commission,  when  received  by  the  state  board of
elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark  of  the  United  States
Postal  Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
lation mark which is not later than the [twenty-fifth] TENTH day  before
the  next  ensuing primary, general or special election, and received no
later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before such election, or  delivered
in person to such county board of elections not later than the tenth day
before  a  special election, shall entitle the applicant to vote in such
election, if he or she is otherwise qualified, provided,  however,  such
applicant  shall  not vote on a voting machine until his or her identity
is verified. Any county board of elections receiving an application form
from a person who does not reside  in  its  jurisdiction  but  who  does
reside  elsewhere in the state of New York, shall forthwith forward such
application form to the proper county board of elections. Each board  of
elections  shall  make  an  entry  on  each  such form of the date it is
received by such board.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00370-01-1

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