Assembly Bill A1949

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to voter enrollment

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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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2019-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2510
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-302 & 5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7940, S4317
2011-2012: A5892, S423
2013-2014: A935, S3251
2015-2016: A5763, S2740
2017-2018: A5751, A10843, S5615

2019-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to voter enrollment.

2019-A1949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1949
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, THIELE, DINOWITZ, ARROYO, COOK, HYNDMAN,
   MOSLEY, EPSTEIN, RIVERA, HUNTER, BLAKE, BARRON, GUNTHER,  JEAN-PIERRE,
   DICKENS,  SEAWRIGHT  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on
   Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter enrollment

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 5-302 of the election law,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 1985 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as amended by chapter 91 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read
 as follows:
   2. If the application form is for a voter who has changed his  enroll-
 ment  [or  a  voter who has previously registered and not enrolled] FROM
 ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER, then the board  of  elections  shall  compare  the
 information  and  the  signature  appearing  on  each  application  form
 received with that on the registration poll record of the applicant  and
 if  found  to correspond in all particulars shall[, not earlier than the
 Tuesday following the next general election and not later than the thir-
 tieth day preceding the  last  day  for  publishing  enrollment  lists,]
 proceed  in  the  manner  specified  in subdivision one [hereof] OF THIS
 SECTION to enter such enrollment on such voter's registration poll card,
 EXCEPT THAT ALL FORMS SUBMITTED DURING THE NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO A PRIMA-
 RY ELECTION SHALL NOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL AFTER THAT ELECTION.
   4. Registration poll records of voters  whose  registrations  are  not
 rejected by the board of elections shall forthwith be placed in the poll
 ledger  or such voters' names shall forthwith be entered in the computer
 files from which the computer generated registration lists are prepared,
 except that the registration poll record of an otherwise qualified voter
 who registers after the twenty-fifth day before a primary election shall
 not be placed in such poll ledger or such voters' names shall not appear
 on such a computer generated registration list until after such  primary
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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