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Assembly Bill A1314A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the date for change of enrollment

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2019-A1314 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8849
2021-2022: A847
2023-2024: A933
2025-2026: A330

2019-A1314 - Summary

Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment.

2019-A1314 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1314
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, D'URSO, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
   MAGNARELLI, COLTON, GALEF -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on Election Law
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01749-01-9

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2019-A1314A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8849
2021-2022: A847
2023-2024: A933
2025-2026: A330

2019-A1314A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment.

2019-A1314A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1314--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, D'URSO, JAFFEE, ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
   MAGNARELLI, COLTON, GALEF -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on  Election  Law  --  recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the 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  316  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections 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 FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH will take effect immediately, provided however,
 any change of enrollment received by the board of elections after Febru-
 ary  fourteenth and before or on seven days after the June primary shall
 take effect on the seventh day after the June primary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01749-02-0

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