Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 16, 2012 | opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 18, 2012 | to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 04, 2012 | referred to election law |
Mar 21, 2011 | opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 12, 2011 | to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 11, 2011 | referred to election law |
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Co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Herman D. Farrell
Sandy Galef
Richard Gottfried
Multi-Sponsors
"William Boyland
James F. Brennan
Kevin Cahill
Barbara Clark
A1686 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S1978
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 2 ยง5, Constn
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: A3734, S1616
2013-2014: A113, S617
2015-2016: A5891, S2391
2017-2018: A2090, A10420, S2478
2019-2020: A777, S1048
2021-2022: A502, A10633, S517
2023-2024: A181
A1686 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day and provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage; enables the legislature to enact legislation permitting persons to register to vote on election day and also to implement adequate safeguards against fraud.
A1686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1686 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, ENGLEBRIGHT, FARRELL, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, HOYT, KELLNER, MENG, ORTIZ, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CAHILL, CLARK, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MARKEY, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 5 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to the ten day advance registration requirement Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 5 of article 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citi- zens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established, and for the registration of voters[; which registration shall be completed at least ten days before each election] WITH SUCH PROVISION AS IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE IS ADEQUATE TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST DECEPTION IN THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. Such registration shall not be required for town and village elections except by express provision of law. S 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for three months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89054-01-1