Senate Bill S4982

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the registration status of voters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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-S4982 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3986
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-106, 5-400 & 5-213, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7393, A9952
2019-2020: S1780
2021-2022: S3072
2023-2024: S4312

2017-S4982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the registration status of voters; establishes additional requirements for the cancellation of a voter's registration and allows voters who have an inactive status to have their registration returned to active status and to have their vote counted for the election in which they vote.

2017-S4982 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4982
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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 the registration status
   of voters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 17-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 9
 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   §  17-106.  Misconduct  of election officers. Any election officer who
 wilfully refuses to accord to any duly  accredited  watcher  or  to  any
 voter  or  candidate  any right given him by this chapter, INCLUDING THE
 CANCELLATION OF A VOTER'S REGISTRATION IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 5-400  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE  REFUSAL TO ALLOW AN INDIVIDUAL TO VOTE DUE TO AN
 INACTIVE STATUS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 5-213 OF THIS  CHAPTER,  or  who
 wilfully  violates  any  provision  of  the election law relative to the
 registration of electors or to the taking, recording, counting, canvass-
 ing, tallying or certifying  of  votes,  or  who  wilfully  neglects  or
 refuses  to  perform any duty imposed on him by law, or is guilty of any
 fraud in the execution of the duties of his office, or connives  in  any
 electoral fraud, or knowingly permits any such fraud to be practiced, is
 guilty of a felony.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 5-400 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  voter's registration[, including the registration of a voter in
 inactive status,] shall be cancelled if[,]: (A) since the  time  of  his
 last registration, he:
   [(a)]  (I)  Moved his residence outside the city or county in which he
 is registered[.];
   [(b)] (II) Was convicted of a felony  disqualifying  him  from  voting
 pursuant to the provisions of section 5-106 of this article[.];
   [(c)] (III) Has been adjudicated an incompetent[.];
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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