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Assembly Bill A1952

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses

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2015-A1952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7071
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9101
2017-2018: A1949, S2791
2019-2020: A3198, S545

2015-A1952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses.

2015-A1952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1952

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAYER, ARROYO, MILLER, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, ROZIC,
  OTIS, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DUPREY, HOOPER,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, THIELE  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to adding an optional
  section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
election law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiii) to  read  as
follows:
  (XIII) THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT (OPTIONAL).
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00297-01-5

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