Assembly Bill A284

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes a registered voter to change his or her address up to 10 days before an election

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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-A284 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S591
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-208 & 5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10018, S7763

2019-A284 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a registered voter to change his or her address up to 10 days before a primary, special or general election; and authorizes a registered voter to change his or her party affiliation up to 25 days before a primary, special or general election.

2019-A284 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 591                                                    A. 284
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Elections
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, DICKENS, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED,
   D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN, NIOU -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
   THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation to authorizing the
   provision of notice of a change of address ten days before an election
   and authorizing the change of  party  affiliation  within  twenty-five
   days of an election
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-208  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  If  such  a notice is received at least [twenty] TEN days before a
 primary, special or general election, such change  of  address  must  be
 completed before such election.
   § 2. 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 received by the board of elections not later
 than  the  twenty-fifth  day  before [the] A PRIMARY, SPECIAL OR 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 BEFORE SUCH
 ELECTION as provided in this article.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01950-01-9
              

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