Assembly Actions -
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Oct 07, 2020 |
signed chap.200 |
Sep 25, 2020 |
delivered to governor |
Jul 22, 2020 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.790 substituted for s6302a |
Jul 22, 2020 |
substituted by a1385b |
Jul 21, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.790 reported and committed to rules |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to elections |
Jun 14, 2019 |
print number 6302a |
Jun 14, 2019 |
amend and recommit to rules |
Jun 03, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6302A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A1385 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2019-S6302 - Details
2019-S6302 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6302 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the notice of the days and hours for voting in primary and general elections PURPOSE: To help increase voter participation by requiring the Board of Elections to print the date and time of all upcoming Primary and General Elections in bold type of at least sixteen points on address verification notices sent out prior to elections SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law requires that the notice sent by the board of elections each year notifying registered voters as to the days, hours, and voting location of the voter of upcoming primary and general elections be in bold type of at least sixteen font.This subdivision also entails that information in the notice pertaining to voters who have moved or will
2019-S6302 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6302 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the notice of the days and hours for voting in primary and general elections THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 1. The board of elections, not less than sixty-five days nor more than seventy days before the primary election in each year, shall send by mail on which is endorsed such language designated by the state board of elections to ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail but return it to the board of elections with forwarding information, when it cannot be delivered as addressed and which contains a request that any such mail received for persons not residing at the address be dropped back in the mail, a communication, in a form approved by the state board of elections, to every registered voter who has been registered without a change of address since the beginning of such year, except that the board of elections shall not be required to send such communications to voters in inactive status. The communication shall notify the voter IN BOLD PRINT OF AT LEAST SIXTEEN POINT FONT CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTICE of the days and hours of the ensuing primary and general elections, the place where he or she appears by his or her registration records to be entitled to vote, AND ALSO IN OTHER THAN BOLD TYPE OF the fact that voters who have moved or will have moved from the address where they were last registered must either notify the board of elections of his or her new address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his or her new address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise notified the board of elections of the change of address. If the primary will not be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in Septem- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 16th Senate District
2019-S6302A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6302A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6302A SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the notice of the days and hours for voting in primary and general elections PURPOSE: To help increase voter participation by requiring the Board of Elections to print the date and time of all upcoming Primary and General Elections in bold type on address verification notices sent out prior to elections SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law requires that the notice sent by the board of elections each year notifying registered voters as to the days, hours, and voting location of the voter of upcoming primary and general elections be in bold type. This subdivision also entails that information in the notice pertaining to voters who have moved or will move is required to be in a typeset other than bold.
2019-S6302A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6302--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the notice of the days and hours for voting in primary and general elections THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 1. The board of elections, not less than sixty-five days nor more than seventy days before the primary election in each year, shall send by mail on which is endorsed such language designated by the state board of elections to ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail but return it to the board of elections with forwarding information, when it cannot be delivered as addressed and which contains a request that any such mail received for persons not residing at the address be dropped back in the mail, a communication, in a form approved by the state board of elections, to every registered voter who has been registered without a change of address since the beginning of such year, except that the board of elections shall not be required to send such communications to voters in inactive status. The communication shall notify the voter IN BOLD PRINT CONTAINED IN SUCH NOTICE of the days and hours of the ensuing primary and general elections, the place where he or she appears by his or her registration records to be entitled to vote, AND ALSO IN OTHER THAN BOLD TYPE OF the fact that voters who have moved or will have moved from the address where they were last registered must either notify the board of elections of his or her new address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his or her new address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise notified the board of elections of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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