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Jun 03, 2011 |
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Assembly Bill A8165
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LAVINE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Guillermo Linares
Fred Thiele
Robert Reilly
multi-Sponsors
John Ceretto
Deborah Glick
Andrew Goodell
William Magee
2011-A8165 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง5-205, El L
2011-A8165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8165 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, GOTTFRIED, LINARES, THIELE, REILLY, PAULIN, MENG, GALEF, SPANO, ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, M. MILLER, N. RIVERA, CAHILL, MOLINARO, P. RIVERA, MARKEY, GABRYSZAK, ENGLEBRIGHT, ROBERTS, ABINANTI, CASTRO, WEPRIN, TENNEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CERETTO, GOODELL, MAGEE, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing the online voter registration act of 2011 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "online voter registration act of 2011". S 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-205 to read as follows: S 5-205. ONLINE REGISTRATION. 1. A. THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ENSURE THAT THE FOLLOWING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ANY TIME ON THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC WEBSITES OF THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS: (I) ONLINE APPLICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, THE CONTENT OF WHICH SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL TO THE FORM PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTI- CLE; (II) ONLINE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE APPLYING TO REGISTER TO VOTE; (III) ONLINE COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION BY APPLICANTS OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION FORM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ELECTRONIC SIGNA- TURE OF THE APPLICANT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND (IV) ONLINE RECEIPT OF COMPLETED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS. B. AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED ONLINE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED SUBMITTED ON THE DATE IT IS SENT. C. AN APPLICANT FOR VOTER REGISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE ON FILE AT THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11733-02-1
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