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Assembly Bill A9949

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to eligibility to vote in a primary, general, or special election after filing a change of enrollment with the board of elections

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2015-A9949 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A4201

2015-A9949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that voters who file a change of enrollment at least 25 days prior to the next ensuing primary, general, or special election shall be eligible to vote in such election.

2015-A9949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9949

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eligibility to vote  in
  a  primary,  general,  or  special  election  after filing a change of
  enrollment with the board of elections

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 5-304 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 90 of the  laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  A  change  of  enrollment  WHEN  received  by  [the]  ANY board of
elections AND, WITH RESPECT TO 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 CANCELLATION MARK WHICH IS not later
than  the  twenty-fifth  day before the NEXT ENSUING PRIMARY, general OR
SPECIAL election, AND RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THE  TWENTIETH  DAY  BEFORE
SUCH  ELECTION,  OR  DELIVERED  IN PERSON TO SUCH 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.
THE  CHANGE OF ENROLLMENT shall be deposited in a sealed enrollment box,
which shall not be opened until the first Tuesday following such [gener-
al] election. Such change  of  enrollment  shall  be  then  removed  and
entered as provided in this article.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15094-01-6

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