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                                   9609
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2018
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. LAVINE, GALEF, BUCHWALD, LUPARDO, L. ROSENTHAL,
   FAHY, SEPULVEDA,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  ABINANTI,  STIRPE,  LIFTON,  DINOWITZ,
   BLAKE,  ZEBROWSKI, SIMON, BRINDISI, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored
   by -- M.  of A. GLICK, LENTOL, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Paragraph  o  of  subdivision 4 of section 5-500 of the
 election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is  amended
 and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
   o.  A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this chap-
 ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
   P. A SPACE FOR PRE-REGISTERING APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO THE  FOLLOWING
 QUESTION: "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST
 BE 18 YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO VOTE, AND THAT UNTIL YOU
 REACH  THE  AGE  OF 18 YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE MARKED AS 'PENDING' AND
 YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT IN ANY ELECTION?".
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
 as follows:
   § 5-507. VOTER PRE-REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION ON  VOTER  PRE-REGISTRA-
 TION.  1.  PRE-REGISTRATION.   A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF
 AGE AND WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE MAY  PRE-REGISTER
 TO  VOTE, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED UPON REACHING THE AGE OF
 ELIGIBILITY, FOLLOWING VERIFICATION OF THE PERSON'S  QUALIFICATIONS  AND
 ADDRESS.
   2.  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION.
 LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION ARE REQUIRED  TO  ADOPT  POLICIES  TO  PROMOTE
 STUDENT  VOTER  REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION.  THESE POLICIES MAY
 INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO  CONDUCT  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS.  COMPLETION  AND
 SUBMISSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL NOT  BE
 A COURSE REQUIREMENT OR GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01457-01-7

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   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made on or before such date.