Assembly Bill A774

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to voter pre-registration

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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-A774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1100
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-500 & 5-210, add §5-507, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2529
2017-2018: A1070, A9609

2019-A774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration.

2019-A774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 1100                                                   A. 774
 
                        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. LAVINE, GALEF, BUCHWALD, LUPARDO,
   L. ROSENTHAL, FAHY, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, STIRPE,  LIFTON,  DINOWITZ,
   BLAKE,  ZEBROWSKI,  SIMON,  JAFFEE,  COLTON,  WALKER,  ORTIZ, EPSTEIN,
   BURKE, CARROLL, CRUZ,  EICHENSTEIN,  FALL,  FRONTUS,  GLICK,  GRIFFIN,
   HEASTIE,  JACOBSON,  McMAHON, OTIS, RAYNOR, REYES, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL, THIELE -- read once and  referred  to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Paragraph o of subdivision 4  of  section  5-500  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended
 and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
   o. A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this  chap-
 ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
   P.  A SPACE FOR PRE-REGISTERING APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING
 QUESTION: "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST
 BE 18 YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO VOTE, AND THAT UNTIL YOU
 WILL BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF SUCH ELECTION  YOUR  REGIS-
 TRATION WILL BE MARKED 'PENDING' AND YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT
 IN ANY ELECTION?".

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04590-03-9
              

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