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Assembly Bill A1489

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to registration to vote

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2017-A1489 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1649
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §84, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4148, S3291
2019-2020: A3427
2021-2022: A7130
2023-2024: A2967

2017-A1489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to registration to vote.

2017-A1489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1489
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, GALEF, SKOUFIS, ABINANTI --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and  referred  to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to registration to vote
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 84 of the town law, as amended  by
 chapter  281  of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is
 added to read as follows:
   5. In order to assist boards of registration  in  the  preparation  of
 their  registers,  the  town  clerk,  prior to the first meeting of such
 boards of registration, shall obtain from the board of elections of  the
 county in which such town is located, the list of names and addresses of
 all  voters  registered  with  such  board of elections on or before the
 [twenty-third] TENTH day before such special election.  The  town  clerk
 shall  deliver the names and addresses of qualified voters to the appro-
 priate board or boards of registration on or before the first meeting of
 such board or boards. At the first and subsequent meetings of the  board
 of  registration  for each voting place designated by the town board for
 such special town election, such board of registration  shall  place  on
 the register described in subdivision four hereof the names of all qual-
 ified  voters  and all other qualified voters who personally appear, and
 those military voters and such other voters who are absent by reason  of
 confining  illness or physical disability or whose duties, occupation or
 business required them to be outside of the state of  New  York,  having
 the  qualifications  of  voters  prescribed in this section and who have
 made application for absentee ballots as certified to them by  the  town
 clerk.
   7. IN THE EVENT A TOWN BOARD DOES NOT ELECT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL REGIS-
 TRATION FOR A SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION, NO PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE
 UNLESS  THEY  ARE  REGISTERED TO VOTE WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON THE
 TENTH DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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