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Senate Bill S2399

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to automatic voter registration

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2017-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1022
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-212, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5367, A6610
2019-2020: A3005

2017-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automatic voter registration.

2017-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2399
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, HOYLMAN, LATIMER, PERKINS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Elections
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to automatic voter regis-
   tration
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 14 and 15 of section 5-212 of the election
 law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided  for
 in  this  article,  any  qualified person may apply for registration and
 enrollment EITHER by application made simultaneously and integrated with
 an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's  license
 renewal  or  an  identification  card  if  such  a card is issued by the
 department of motor vehicles in its normal course of business OR BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT   OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  PROVIDING  THE  APPROPRIATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS WITH ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF EACH PERSON WHO QUALIFIES TO  VOTE,
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF THIS SECTION.
   14.  The  state  board shall develop and distribute public information
 and promotional materials relating to the purposes and implementation of
 [this program] THESE PROGRAMS.
   15. The state board shall prepare and distribute to the department  of
 motor  vehicles  written  instructions  as to the implementation of [the
 program] THESE PROGRAMS and shall be responsible for establishing train-
 ing programs for employees of the department of motor vehicles  involved
 in such [program] PROGRAMS.
   §  2.  Section  5-212  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00219-01-7

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