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                                   2209
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing for automatic
   voter  registration;  establishing  a  task  force  on automatic voter
   registration; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions  upon
   expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Title 2 of article 5 of the  election  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 5-200 to read as follows:
   §  5-200.  AUTOMATIC  VOTER REGISTRATION. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 MANNER OF REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY THIS  ARTICLE,  EACH  PERSON  IN  THE
 STATE QUALIFIED TO VOTE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-102 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL
 BE  AUTOMATICALLY  REGISTERED  TO  VOTE  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS SECTION,
 PROVIDED THAT THE PERSON DOES NOT ELECT TO DECLINE REGISTRATION TO  VOTE
 AT THE POINT OF SERVICE.
   2.  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS OR COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
 REGISTER TO VOTE OR UPDATE THE REGISTRATION RECORD OF ANY PERSON IN  THE
 STATE  QUALIFIED  TO  VOTE PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-102 OF THIS ARTICLE WHO
 DOES NOT ELECT TO DECLINE REGISTRATION TO VOTE OR UPDATE  THE  REGISTRA-
 TION RECORD AT THE POINT OF SERVICE AND DOES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  COMPLETES  AN  APPLICATION FOR A NEW OR RENEWED DRIVER'S LICENSE,
 NON-DRIVER  IDENTIFICATION  CARD,  PRE-LICENSING   COURSE   CERTIFICATE,
 LEARNER'S PERMIT OR CERTIFICATION OF SUPERVISED DRIVING WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES,  OR  NOTIFIES SUCH DEPARTMENT IN WRITING OF A
 CHANGE OF HIS OR HER NAME OR ADDRESS;
   (B) COMPLETES AN APPLICATION FOR SERVICES, RENEWAL OR  RECERTIFICATION
 FOR  SERVICES, OR CHANGE OF ADDRESS RELATING TO SUCH SERVICES FROM AGEN-
 CIES DESIGNATED IN SECTION 5-211 OF THIS TITLE;
   (C) COMPLETES AN APPLICATION FOR SERVICES, RENEWAL OR  RECERTIFICATION
 FOR  SERVICES,  OR  CHANGE OF ADDRESS RELATING TO SUCH SERVICES FROM ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00581-01-9

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 MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY AS SET FORTH  IN  ARTICLE  THIRTEEN  OF  THE
 PUBLIC HOUSING LAW;
   (D)  REGISTERS  FOR CLASSES AT INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK;
   (E) COMPLETES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT OR IS DISCHARGED FROM
 PAROLE;
   (F) COMPLETES AN APPLICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE;
   (G) BECOMES A MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE NEW YORK DIVISION OF  MILITARY
 AND NAVAL AFFAIRS; OR
   (H)  COMPLETES  AN  APPLICATION WITH ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY
 DESIGNATED AS A SOURCE AGENCY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. (A) THE TERM "SOURCE AGENCY" INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
 CLES, ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-211 OF THIS
 TITLE,  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK, ALL PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES LISTED IN ARTICLE THIRTEEN  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HOUSING  LAW, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPER-
 VISION, THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE NEW YORK DIVISION OF  MILITARY  AND
 NAVAL  AFFAIRS AND ANY AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL STATE  AGEN-
 CIES TO SERVE AS SOURCES FOR VOTER REGISTRATION. IN DESIGNATING AN AGEN-
 CY UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL CONSIDER:
   (I)  THE  LIKELIHOOD  THAT  SOURCE  RECORDS  REFLECT A LARGE NUMBER OF
 ELIGIBLE CITIZENS;
   (II) THE EXTENT TO WHICH SOURCE RECORDS REFLECT ELIGIBLE CITIZENS  WHO
 WOULD  NOT  OTHERWISE  BE  REGISTERED  UNDER  THE ACT TO MODERNIZE VOTER
 REGISTRATION;
   (III) THE ACCURACY OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DATA IN SOURCE  RECORDS;
 AND
   (IV)  ANY ADDITIONAL FACTORS DESIGNATED BY THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICIAL
 AS REASONABLY RELATED TO  ACCOMPLISHING  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THE  ACT  TO
 MODERNIZE VOTER REGISTRATION.
   4.  THE  STATE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE SOURCE AGENCIES SHALL ENTER
 INTO AGREEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT FOR EACH PERSON DESCRIBED IN  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF THIS SECTION, EACH SOURCE AGENCY ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITS TO THE
 STATE OR LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN A FORMAT
 THAT CAN BE READ BY THE COMPUTERIZED STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST:
   (A) GIVEN NAME OR NAMES AND SURNAME OR SURNAMES;
   (B) MAILING ADDRESS AND RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS;
   (C) DATE OF BIRTH;
   (D) CITIZENSHIP;
   (E) DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION  CARD  NUMBER,  LAST
 FOUR  DIGITS  OF THE PERSON'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, OR A SPACE FOR THE
 PERSON TO INDICATE THAT HE OR SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SUCH NUMBER;
   (F) POLITICAL PARTY ENROLLMENT, IF ANY;
   (G) AN INDICATION THAT THE PERSON INTENDS TO  APPLY  FOR  AN  ABSENTEE
 BALLOT, IF ANY; AND
   (H) AN IMAGE OF THE PERSON'S SIGNATURE.
   IN  THE  EVENT  THAT ANY TRANSMISSION OF DATA PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 FAILS TO INCLUDE AN IMAGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S SIGNATURE, THE ABSENCE OF A
 SIGNATURE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE REGISTRATION OF  AN  ELIGIBLE  CITIZEN.
 THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL DEVELOP PROCEDURES TO ENABLE AN ELIGIBLE
 CITIZEN, WHOSE INFORMATION IS TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  AND
 WHOSE  INFORMATION LACKS AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, TO PROVIDE A SIGNATURE
 AT THE POLLING PLACE OR WITH  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT

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 BEFORE  VOTING.  THE BOARD MAY REQUIRE AN ELECTOR WHO HAS NOT PROVIDED A
 SIGNATURE BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE POLLING PLACE OR SUBMITTING AN ABSENTEE
 BALLOT TO PRESENT A CURRENT AND VALID PHOTO IDENTIFICATION OR A COPY  OF
 A  CURRENT  UTILITY BILL, BANK STATEMENT, GOVERNMENT CHECK, PAYCHECK, OR
 OTHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE VOTER.
   5. IF AN AGENCY DOES NOT ROUTINELY REQUEST INFORMATION CONCERNING  THE
 CITIZENSHIP  STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS, IT SHALL MAINTAIN RECORDS SUFFICIENT
 TO TRANSMIT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS INDICATIONS OF UNITED STATES CITI-
 ZENSHIP FOR EACH PERSON DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 BUT  SHALL NOT RETAIN, USE, OR SHARE ANY SUCH INFORMATION RELATING TO AN
 INDIVIDUAL'S CITIZENSHIP FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
   6. EACH SOURCE AGENCY SHALL  INCLUDE  FOR  EACH  PERSON  DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION  A STATEMENT THAT HE OR SHE SHALL BE
 REGISTERED TO VOTE, IF HE OR SHE IS NOT ALREADY SO REGISTERED, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT EACH SOURCE AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE EACH PERSON DESCRIBED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION  THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT TO DECLINE
 REGISTRATION TO VOTE AT THE POINT OF SERVICE, AND UPON SUCH ELECTION, HE
 OR SHE SHALL NOT BE REGISTERED TO VOTE PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROCEDURES  IN
 THIS SECTION AT THAT TIME.
   7.  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO
 PARTICIPATING AGENCIES WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF
 THE  PROGRAM AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING TRAINING PROGRAMS
 FOR EMPLOYEES OF SOURCE AGENCIES LISTED IN THIS SECTION. TRAINING  SHALL
 INCLUDE  REQUIREMENTS THAT EMPLOYEES OF ANY SOURCE AGENCY COMMUNICATE TO
 EACH INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION  THAT  THE
 SOURCE  AGENCY  MAINTAINS  STRICT  NEUTRALITY WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON'S
 PARTY ENROLLMENT AND ALL PERSONS SEEKING VOTER  REGISTRATION  FORMS  AND
 INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  ADVISED  THAT GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE NOT CONDI-
 TIONED ON BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE, OR ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO  VOTE.
 NO STATEMENT SHALL BE MADE NOR ANY ACTION TAKEN TO DISCOURAGE THE APPLI-
 CANT FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE.
   8.  THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE SOURCE
 AGENCIES SHALL INCLUDE THE FORMAT IN WHICH INFORMATION WILL BE TRANSMIT-
 TED, WHETHER AND HOW EACH ENTITY WILL COLLECT, IN ADDITION TO THE MANDA-
 TORY INFORMATION LISTED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,  ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS FROM PERSONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILI-
 TATING  VOTER  REGISTRATION,  THE  FREQUENCY  OF DATA TRANSMISSIONS, THE
 PROCEDURES, AND OTHER MEASURES THAT WILL BE USED TO ENSURE THE  SECURITY
 AND  PRIVACY OF THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED, AND ANY OTHER MATTER NECES-
 SARY OR HELPFUL TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   9. EACH  SOURCE  AGENCY  SHALL  COOPERATE  WITH  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  AND  COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO FACILITATE THE VOTER REGIS-
 TRATION OF EACH PERSON DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND
 TO ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO REGISTER EACH  SUCH
 PERSON  TO  VOTE  OR  TO  UPDATE  EACH  SUCH PERSON'S VOTER REGISTRATION
 RECORD.
   10. EACH SOURCE AGENCY SHALL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS FINALIZING THE FORMAT AND CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC TRAN-
 SMISSIONS  REQUIRED  BY  THIS SECTION NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY; PROVIDED, THAT EACH SOURCE  AGENCY  SHALL  BE  ABLE  TO
 COMPLY  FULLY  WITH  ALL  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SECTION, INCLUDING THE
 COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF ALL DATA REQUIRED TO REGISTER INDIVIDUALS
 TO VOTE, BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:

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   (N) AGREEMENTS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS TITLE BETWEEN
 SOURCE  AGENCIES  AND  THE  STATE  OR COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS ARE NOT
 REQUIRED TO INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OR TRANSMISSION  OF  THE  INFORMATION
 REQUESTED  IN PARAGRAPH (J) OR SUBPARAGRAPH (I), (VIII), (X) OR (XII) OF
 PARAGRAPH (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND NO BOARD OF ELECTION SHALL REFUSE
 TO  REGISTER  TO VOTE OR UPDATE THE REGISTRATION RECORD OF ANY PERSON IN
 THE STATE WHOSE INFORMATION IS  TRANSMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF
 THIS TITLE FOR THE REASON THAT SUCH INFORMATION  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  THE
 INFORMATION  REQUESTED BY PARAGRAPH (J) OR SUBPARAGRAPH (I), (VIII), (X)
 OR (XII) OF PARAGRAPH (K) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. The opening paragraph and subdivisions 11 and 12 of section 5-211
 of the election law, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 265  of
 the  laws  of 2013, subdivision 11 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws
 of 1996 and subdivision 12 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of  1994,
 are amended to read as follows:
   Each  agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this  section.
 The  following  offices  which  provide public assistance and/or provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration  agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
 public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
 provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
 veterans' affairs, office of mental health,  office  of  vocational  and
 educational  services  for  individuals with disabilities, commission on
 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office [of mental retardation
 and] FOR PEOPLE WITH  developmental  disabilities,  commission  for  the
 blind,  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office of
 the advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer  programs
 established  or  funded  by  such  agencies. Additional [state] agencies
 designated as voter registration offices are  the  department  of  state
 [and],  the  division  of workers' compensation, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, ALL PUBLIC  HOUSING  AUTHORI-
 TIES  LISTED  IN ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING LAW, THE DEPART-
 MENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND THE NEW YORK  DIVISION
 OF  MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS. Such agencies shall be required to offer
 voter registration forms to AND PROVIDE FOR  AUTOMATIC  VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION,  PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS TITLE, FOR persons upon initial
 application for services, renewal or recertification  for  services  and
 change of address relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be
 responsible  for  providing assistance to applicants in completing voter
 registration forms, receiving and transmitting the completed application
 form from all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted  to  the
 appropriate  board  of  elections.  The  state board of elections shall,
 together with representatives of the department of defense, develop  and
 implement  procedures  for  including  recruitment  offices of the armed
 forces of the United States as  voter  registration  offices  when  such
 offices  are  so  designated  by federal law. The state board shall also
 make request of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
 to include applications for registration  by  mail  with  any  materials
 which  are given to new citizens. [All institutions of the state univer-

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 sity of New York and the city university of  New  York,  shall,  at  the
 beginning  of  the  school year, and again in January of a year in which
 the president of the United States is to be elected, provide an applica-
 tion  for  registration  to  each student in each such institution.] The
 state board of elections may, by regulation, grant a waiver from any  or
 all  of  the requirements of this section to any office or program of an
 agency, if it determines that it is not  feasible  for  such  office  or
 program to administer such requirement.
   11.  The  participating  agency shall transmit [the completed applica-
 tions for registration and change  of  address  forms]  ALL  INFORMATION
 COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  5-200 OF THIS TITLE to the appropriate
 board of elections not later than ten days after receipt except that all
 such completed applications and forms received by the agency between the
 thirtieth and twenty-fifth day before an election shall  be  transmitted
 in such manner and at such time as to assure their receipt by such board
 of elections not later than the twentieth day before such election.
   12.  [Completed  application  forms,  when  received]  ALL INFORMATION
 COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS  TITLE  by  a  participating
 agency  not  later  than  the  twenty-fifth  day before the next ensuing
 primary, general or special election and transmitted by such  agency  to
 the  appropriate  board  of  elections so that they are received by such
 board not later than the twentieth day before such election shall  enti-
 tle the applicant to vote in such election provided the board determines
 that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
   §  4.  Subdivision 14 of section 5-211 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended and two new  subdivisions
 18 and 19 are added to read as follows:
   14.  Applications  shall be processed by the board of elections in the
 manner prescribed by [section] SECTIONS 5-200 AND 5-210  of  this  title
 or,  if the applicant is already registered to vote from another address
 in the county or city, in the manner prescribed by section 5-208 of this
 title.   The board shall send the  appropriate  notice  of  approval  or
 rejection  as  required by either subdivision nine of such section 5-210
 or subdivision five of such section 5-208.
   18. ALL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LOCATED IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  MAKE
 VOTER  REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE TO ANY STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER
 TO VOTE UNDER PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS
 TITLE IN THE SAME MANNER AND SUBJECT TO THE SAME  PROVISIONS  AND  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  AS  ALL  OTHER DESIGNATED AGENCIES UNDER THIS SECTION;
 EXCEPT THAT A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY THAT IS NOT OTHERWISE DESIGNATED  AS
 A  SOURCE  AGENCY  PURSUANT  TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED TO COLLECT OR MAINTAIN FORMS CONTAINING A PERSON'S  DECLINATION
 TO  REGISTER  TO VOTE AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION, OR
 TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND REPORT THEREON AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION  SEVEN-
 TEEN OF THIS SECTION.
   19.  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE NEW
 YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS,  SHALL  PROVIDE  TO  PUBLIC  COLLEGES  AND
 UNIVERSITIES  A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY OF CODED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICA-
 TIONS THAT IDENTIFY EACH SUCH APPLICATION AS ORIGINATING FROM  EITHER  A
 PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE
 FOR  THE  DELIVERY OF SUCH CODED APPLICATIONS BY THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST
 OF EACH YEAR TO EACH COLLEGE OR  UNIVERSITY  COVERED  BY  THIS  CHAPTER,
 EXCEPT  THAT  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE AND
 DELIVER SUCH FORMS TO EACH PARTICIPATING PUBLIC  UNIVERSITY  OR  COLLEGE
 LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EVERY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SCANNING VOTER
 REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL CAPTURE ANY DESIGNATED AGENCY CODES THEREON AND

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 REPORT  THEM  ON  A  MONTHLY BASIS TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WHICH
 SHALL MAKE SUCH DETAILED INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
   § 5. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 5-212 of the election law, subdi-
 vision 6 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 7
 as  added  by  chapter  659  of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as
 follows:
   6. The department of motor vehicles shall transmit  [that  portion  of
 the form which constitutes the completed application for registration or
 change  of  address  form] ALL INFORMATION COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
 5-200 OF THIS TITLE to the appropriate board of elections not later than
 ten days after receipt except that all such completed  applications  and
 forms  received by the department between the thirtieth and twenty-fifth
 day before an election shall be transmitted in such manner and  at  such
 time  as  to  assure  their receipt by such board of elections not later
 than the twentieth day before such election.    All  transmittals  shall
 include  original  signatures OR AN ELECTRONIC IMAGE THEREOF AS REQUIRED
 BY SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 5-200 OF THIS TITLE.
   7. [Completed application forms received]  ALL  INFORMATION  COLLECTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS TITLE by the department of motor vehi-
 cles  not later than the twenty-fifth day before the next ensuing prima-
 ry, general or special election and transmitted by  such  department  to
 the  appropriate  board of elections so that they are received not later
 than the twentieth day before such election shall entitle the  applicant
 to  vote  in such election provided the board determines that the appli-
 cant is otherwise qualified.
   § 6. Section 8-302 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3-d to read as follows:
   3-D.  A PERSON APPEARING ON ELECTION DAY WHOSE NAME CANNOT BE FOUND OR
 WHOSE INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE OR  INCORRECT  ON  THE  STATEWIDE  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  LIST AND WHO AFFIRMS THAT THAT HE OR SHE INTERACTED WITH A
 SOURCE AGENCY LISTED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER AND CONSENTED TO VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL BE PERMITTED  TO  CAST  AN
 AFFIDAVIT BALLOT. SUCH AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL BE COUNTED IF AT THE POLL-
 ING  PLACE, THE PERSON PRESENTS PROOF OF IDENTITY AND EVIDENCE OF REGIS-
 TERING TO VOTE OR PERFORMING ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAPTER, AND THERE IS  NO  AFFIRMATIVE
 PROOF  THAT  THE  PERSON  IS  INELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR THAT THE
 PERSON DID NOT REGISTER OR PERFORM ANY OF THE  ACTIVITIES  SPECIFIED  IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (A)  A  PERSON MAY SWEAR TO AND SUBSCRIBE TO AN AFFIDAVIT STATING THAT
 THE PERSON HAS REGISTERED TO VOTE OR PERFORMED ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAPTER AND CONSENTED TO USE
 AGENCY INFORMATION FOR  VOTER  REGISTRATION.  THAT  AFFIDAVIT  SHALL  BE
 SUFFICIENT  EVIDENCE  OF  REGISTERING  TO  VOTE OR PERFORMING ANY OF THE
 ACTIVITIES SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAPTER
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) A PERSON WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION MAY SWEAR TO AND SUBSCRIBE  TO  AN
 AFFIDAVIT  STATING  THAT THE PERSON DID NOT PRESENT DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF
 IDENTITY, BUT THAT ALL OF THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON  THE  AFFIDAVIT
 BALLOT ENVELOPE IS COMPLETE AND ACCURATE. THAT AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFI-
 CIENT EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.  NOTHING IN
 THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO OVERRIDE THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO-A OF THIS SECTION GOVERNING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERSON WHOSE
 NAME APPEARS IN THE COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST WITH A NOTATION
 INDICATING THAT THE VOTER'S IDENTITY WAS NOT YET VERIFIED AS REQUIRED BY
 THE FEDERAL HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT.

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   § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 3-220 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  All  registration  records,  certificates,  lists, and inventories
 referred to in, or required by, this chapter shall be public records and
 open to public inspection under the immediate supervision of  the  board
 of elections or its employees and subject to such reasonable regulations
 as  such  board  may impose, provided, however, that NO DATA TRANSMITTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-200 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE CONSIDERED  A  PUBLIC
 RECORD  OPEN  TO  PUBLIC INSPECTION SOLELY BY REASON OF ITS TRANSMISSION
 AND THAT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SHALL  NOT  BE  RELEASED  FOR  PUBLIC
 INSPECTION:
   (A) ANY VOTER'S SIGNATURE;
   (B)  THE  PERSONAL  RESIDENCE AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF ANY VOTER FOR
 WHOM ANY PROVISION OF LAW REQUIRES CONFIDENTIALITY;
   (C) ANY PORTION OF a voter's driver's license number,  [department  of
 motor  vehicle] non-driver [photo ID] IDENTIFICATION CARD number, social
 security number and facsimile number [shall not be released  for  public
 inspection];
   (D) ANY VOTER'S TELEPHONE NUMBER; AND
   (E)  ANY  VOTER'S EMAIL ADDRESS.   No such records shall be handled at
 any time by any person other than a member of a  registration  board  or
 board  of  inspectors  of  elections  or  board  of  elections except as
 provided by rules imposed by the board of elections.
   § 8.  (a) A task force on automatic voter registration shall be estab-
 lished by the state board of elections to  examine,  evaluate  and  make
 recommendations   concerning  the  implementation  and  affects  of  the
 provisions of this act.
   (b) The task force shall consist of two  commissioners  of  the  state
 board  of  elections  appointed  by  majority vote of the state board of
 elections, the commissioner of motor vehicles, and members appointed  by
 the  state board of elections who shall represent such interests as such
 board shall deem to be relevant to the provisions of this  act,  includ-
 ing:
   (1) the state university of New York;
   (2) the city university of New York;
   (3) the board of elections of the city of New York;
   (4) county boards of elections throughout the state;
   (5) state agencies affected by the provisions of this act;
   (6) the department of corrections and community supervision;
   (7) the department of labor;
   (8) the division of military and naval affairs; and
   (9) municipal housing authorities.
   (c)  The  members  of the task force shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this section.
   (d) Within one year of the effective date of this section, and annual-
 ly thereafter, the task force shall report its findings, conclusions and
 recommendations to the governor and the legislature.
   § 9.  This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law; provided that section eight of this act shall expire and be  deemed
 repealed five years after such effective date.