Assembly Bill A3539

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3539 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5131
2015-2016: A578
2019-2020: A274
2021-2022: A150
2023-2024: A3286
2025-2026: A1416

2017-A3539 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

2017-A3539 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3539
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SOLAGES, M. G. MILLER, ROZIC, MONTESA-
   NO,  RAIA,  OTIS, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, GOTT-
   FRIED, PERRY, QUART -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to requiring the state
   board of elections to develop a program  to  be  administered  by  all
   boards  of  elections  to  notify  voters of certain information where
   their area has been redistricted
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
   16-B. DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY ALL BOARDS OF  ELECTIONS
 TO  NOTIFY  VOTERS  THAT  THEIR DISTRICTS MAY HAVE CHANGED DUE TO REDIS-
 TRICTING. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  MAILINGS,
 ONLINE,  TELEPHONE  OR  OTHER  RESOURCES TO ASSIST VOTERS IN DETERMINING
 POTENTIAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR DISTRICT PRIOR TO AN ELECTION;
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately.  The  state  board  of
 elections  shall  amend or promulgate pertinent rules and regulations as
 necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05432-01-7

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