Assembly Bill A5382A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018"

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  • 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-A5382 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5115
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 8 §§5-800 - 5-804, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10370
2019-2020: A6727, S3194

2017-A5382 - Summary

Enacts the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018"; relates to establishing the electronic personal voter registration process; provides for online voter registration.

2017-A5382 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5382
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CUSICK, KAVANAGH, SEPULVEDA, LIFTON -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  enacting  the  Voter
   Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2017; in relation to establishing
   the electronic personal voter registration process

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as
 the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2017 (VEMA)".
   § 2. Declaration of Legislative Intent. The right to vote is a  funda-
 mental  right, the well-spring of all others, secured by the federal and
 state constitutions. On-line forms of communication and conducting tran-
 sactions did not exist at the time New York's paper-based  voter  regis-
 tration  system  was enacted. In the last twenty years, many paper-based
 processes have migrated  to  on-line  processes,  including  filing  tax
 returns,  applying  for social security benefits, routine banking trans-
 actions, official communications and purchase transactions of all types.
 This on-line migration has improved cost efficiency, increased  accessi-
 bility  and provided greater convenience to the public in many contexts.
 The predominantly paper-based voter registration application process  in
 New  York  is  antiquated  and  must  be supplemented with on-line voter
 registration.  To remove unnecessary burdens to the fundamental right of
 the people to vote, the State Board of  Elections  shall  establish  the
 Voter  Enfranchisement Modernization Program for the purpose of increas-
 ing opportunities for voter registration by any person who is  qualified
 to  be a voter under Article II of the New York State Constitution. This
 effort modernizes voter registration  and  supplements  the  methods  of
 voter registration provided under current law.
   §  3. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 8
 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09394-01-7
              

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2017-A5382A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5115
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 8 §§5-800 - 5-804, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10370
2019-2020: A6727, S3194

2017-A5382A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018"; relates to establishing the electronic personal voter registration process; provides for online voter registration.

2017-A5382A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5382--A
                                                         Cal. No. 384
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, SEPULVEDA, LIFTON, CARROLL, GALEF, ORTIZ,
   ABINANTI, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, RAMOS, HARRIS, SIMON, VANEL, OTIS, LUPAR-
   DO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Election  Law  --  ordered to a third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to enacting the Voter
   Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018; in relation to establishing
   the electronic personal voter registration process
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as
 the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018 (VEMA)".
   §  2. Declaration of Legislative Intent. The right to vote is a funda-
 mental right, the well-spring of all others, secured by the federal  and
 state constitutions. On-line forms of communication and conducting tran-
 sactions  did  not exist at the time New York's paper-based voter regis-
 tration system was enacted. In the last twenty years,  many  paper-based
 processes  have  migrated  to  on-line  processes,  including filing tax
 returns, applying for social security benefits, routine  banking  trans-
 actions, official communications and purchase transactions of all types.
 This  on-line migration has improved cost efficiency, increased accessi-
 bility and provided greater convenience to the public in many  contexts.
 The  predominantly paper-based voter registration application process in
 New York is antiquated and  must  be  supplemented  with  on-line  voter
 registration.  To remove unnecessary burdens to the fundamental right of
 the  people  to  vote,  the State Board of Elections shall establish the
 Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Program for the purpose of  increas-
 ing  opportunities for voter registration by any person who is qualified
 to be a voter under Article II of the New York State Constitution.  This
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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