Assembly Bill A775

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to voter registration transfers

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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-A775 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1099
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-208, 8-302, 4-117, 5-400 & 9-209, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7011
2011-2012: A1230, A8633, S5236
2013-2014: A83, S1990
2015-2016: A5598, S858
2017-2018: A3411, A9826, S1732

2019-A775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state.

2019-A775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 1099                                                   A. 775
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN,
   BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROOKS, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
   HAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,
   LIU,   MARTINEZ,  MAY,  MAYER,  METZGER,  MONTGOMERY,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
   PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,
   SKOUFIS,  STAVISKY,  STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Elections
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, LAVINE, L. ROSENTHAL,
   GLICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, CRESPO, LUPARDO, FAHY, COLTON,  MOSLEY,  ABINANTI,
   ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, SIMON, ROZIC, JAFFEE, BUCHWALD, RYAN, CUSICK, PAULIN,
   HEVESI,  CARROLL,  GALEF,  RAMOS,  LIFTON,  VANEL,  D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT,
   WRIGHT, NIOU, BLAKE, BURKE, CRUZ, EICHENSTEIN, EPSTEIN, FALL, FRONTUS,
   GRIFFIN, HEASTIE, JACOBSON, McMAHON, RAYNOR, REYES, THIELE,  WEINSTEIN
   --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON, CAHILL, COOK, GOTTFRIED --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  voter  registration
   transfers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 4, and 8 of section 5-208 of  the  election
 law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996,
 subdivision  4  as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended
 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   1. The board of elections shall transfer the registration and  enroll-
 ment of any voter APPEARING ON A STATEWIDE VOTER LIST PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  5-614  OF  THIS ARTICLE for whom it receives a
 notice of change of address to another address in [the  same  county  or
 city]  NEW  YORK STATE, or for any voter who [casts] SUBMITS a ballot in
 an affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a new address.   Such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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