Senate Bill S5536

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting registration and party enrollment within 10 days of an election; repealer

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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-S5536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6406
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-210, 5-211, 5-212, 5-302, 10-106, 11-200 & 11-202, rpld §5-304 sub 3, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3557
2021-2022: A792

2017-S5536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits voter registration and party enrollment, and change of party enrollment within 10 days of a primary, general, or special election.

2017-S5536 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5536
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 registering to vote and
   enrolling in a party within 10 days of a primary, general  or  special
   election; and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election
   law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 5-210 of the election  law,
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 255 of the laws of 2015 and subdivi-
 sion  4  as  amended  by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, are 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] TENTH day before
 the next ensuing primary, general or special election, and  received  no
 later  than the [twentieth] FIFTH day before such election, or delivered
 in person to such board of elections not later than the tenth day before
 a special  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 application form from a
 person who does not reside in its jurisdiction but who does reside else-
 where 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09525-05-7
              

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