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senate Bill S7131
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Brian Kavanagh
(D) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
S7131 (ACTIVE) - Details
S7131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7131 SPONSOR: KAVANAGH TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration PURPOSE: The bill authorizes voters whose applications are timely mailed and received to vote in the next primary, general, or special election. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 3 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 225 of the laws of 2015, to provide that an application postmarked by no later than fifteen days before the next primary, general or special election, which is received no later than ten days before such election, or which is delivered in person at least ten days before such election to the county board of elections, shall entitle such applicant to vote at such election.
S7131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7131
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 3, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 voter registration
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-210 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 255 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Completed application forms, when received by any board of
elections and, with respect to application forms promulgated by the
federal election commission, when received by the state board of
elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark of the United States
Postal Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
lation mark which is not later than the [twenty-fifth] FIFTEENTH day
before the next ensuing primary, general or special election, and
received no later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before such election,
or delivered in person to such board of elections not later than the
tenth day before [a special] SUCH election, shall entitle the applicant
to vote in such election, if he or she is otherwise qualified, provided,
however, such applicant shall not vote on a voting machine until his or
her identity is verified. Any board of elections receiving an applica-
tion form from a person who does not reside in its jurisdiction but who
does reside elsewhere in the state of New York, shall forthwith forward
such application form to the proper board of elections. Each board of
elections shall make an entry on each such form of the date it is
received by such board.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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