S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7363
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 postmark date for
change of enrollment
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
follows:
3. A change of enrollment SHOWING A DATED CANCELLATION MARK OF THE
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE OR CONTAINED IN AN ENVELOPE SHOWING SUCH A
DATED CANCELLATION MARK WHICH IS NOT LATER THAN THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY
BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION AND received by the board of elections not
later than the [twenty-fifth] TWENTIETH day before the general election
shall be deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not be opened
until the first Tuesday following such general election. Such change of
enrollment shall be then removed and entered as provided in this arti-
cle.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13850-01-7