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Assembly Bill A1949

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2791
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9101
2015-2016: A1952, S7071
2019-2020: A3198, S545

2017-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1949
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, ARROYO, M. G. MILLER, MOSLEY, ROZIC, OTIS,
   ABINANTI, McDONALD, BLAKE, QUART, MONTESANO, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, BRABE-
   NEC,  WEPRIN, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HOOPER,
   PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, SIMON, SOLAGES, THIELE, WRIGHT  --  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).
   §  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.
                                                            LBD02494-01-7

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