Assembly Bill A6587

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides protections against illegal voter purging

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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-A6587 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8654
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4-117, 8-502, 8-504, 8-508, 8-510 & 17-108, add §8-503, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3334, S2301
2021-2022: A4264, S2955
2023-2024: A290, S2987

2017-A6587 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides protections against illegal voter purging.

2017-A6587 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6587
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to providing protections
   against illegal voter purging
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  4-117 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN AN ELECTION OFFICER, WHO MAILS OR CAUSES  TO
 BE  MAILED, BETWEEN AUGUST FIRST AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF ANY CALEN-
 DAR YEAR, ANY FIRST CLASS NON-FORWARDABLE MAIL, WHERE SUCH PERSON  KNOWS
 OR  REASONABLY  SHOULD  KNOW  THAT  SUCH  NON-FORWARDABLE  MAIL:  (A) IS
 INTENDED TO BE DELIVERED TO A REGISTERED  VOTER  OR  VOTER  REGISTRATION
 APPLICANT;  AND  (B) MAY BE USED BY A CHALLENGER, OTHER THAN AN ELECTION
 OFFICER, ON ELECTION DAY TO CHALLENGE THE  QUALIFICATIONS  OF  A  VOTER,
 SHALL FILE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS OF SUCH MAILING, A DUPLICATE COPY OF
 SUCH  NON-FORWARDABLE  MAIL,  A DUPLICATE COPY OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES TO
 WHICH  SUCH  NON-FORWARDABLE  MAIL  WAS  SENT,  AND  A  COMPLETED   FORM
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. Section 8-502 of the election law, as amended by chapter  373  of
 the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  8-502.  Challenges; generally. 1. Before his OR HER vote is cast at
 an election any person may be challenged as to his OR HER right to vote,
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, or his OR  HER  right
 to  vote  by absentee, military, special federal or special presidential
 ballot. Such challenge may be made by an inspector or clerk, by any duly
 appointed watcher, or by any registered voter properly  in  the  polling
 place IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   2. An inspector shall challenge every person offering to vote, whom he
 OR  SHE  shall  know or suspect is not entitled to vote in the district,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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