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Senate Bill S8139

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the registration of voters

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2017-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §5, Constn

2017-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends section 5 of article 2 of the constitution relating to the registration of voters.

2017-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8139 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8139
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 6, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 5 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the registration of voters
 
   Section 1. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concurs), That section 5 of arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the  citi-
 zens  who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established,
 and for  the  registration  of  voters[;  which  registration  shall  be
 completed  at  least  ten  days before each election]. Such registration
 shall not be required for town and village elections except  by  express
 provision  of  law.  ANY  QUALIFIED PERSON WHO IS NOT REGISTERED IN THIS
 STATE MAY APPLY PERSONALLY FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT BY  APPEARING
 AT  THE  APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH HE
 OR SHE RESIDES ON ANY DAY OF ELECTION,  PRIMARY,  GENERAL,  OR  SPECIAL,
 DURING  THE  HOURS  THAT  SUCH  POLLING  PLACE IS OPEN FOR VOTING. TO BE
 ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER, A PERSON MUST PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE  FORMS  OF  IDEN-
 TIFICATION  CONTAINING  PROOF  OF  RESIDENCE,  AS DETERMINED BY RELEVANT
 STATE LAW. ANY PERSON WHO SO REGISTERS TO VOTE SHALL EXECUTE THE FOLLOW-
 ING INSTRUMENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM: "I, (NAME), DO HERE-
 BY CERTIFY, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,
 I AM A QUALIFIED VOTER, HAVING RESIDED AT (PLACE OF  RESIDENCE)  FOR  AT
 LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING THIS ELECTION, THAT I AM NOT
 DISQUALIFIED ON ANY LEGAL GROUNDS FROM  VOTING,  AND  THAT  I  HAVE  NOT
 ALREADY  VOTED  AT  THIS ELECTION." IF A REGISTRANT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE
 VALID PROOF OF RESIDENCE, SUCH REGISTRANT MAY BE ALLOWED TO REGISTER FOR
 AND VOTE IN ANY ELECTION BY  AFFIDAVIT  BALLOT.  SUCH  AFFIDAVIT  BALLOT
 SHALL  NOT BE COUNTED UNTIL ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN DETERMINE SUCH REGIS-
 TRANT'S RESIDENCE AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  SHALL
 ESTABLISH  A  PROCEDURE BY WHICH A PERSON WHO REGISTERS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION MAY CAST HIS OR HER VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE.
   § 2. RESOLVED (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be

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