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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to election law |
Jul 08, 2019 | referred to election law |
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A8473 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8473 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y July 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BLAKE, ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to establish an electronic voter registration transmittal system for New York city residents; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, regu- lation or policy to the contrary, any municipal agency so authorized by local law of the city of New York may establish and maintain an elec- tronic personal voter registration transmittal system for applicants who are New York city residents. Such system may be established before the establishment of any system otherwise authorized by law, and the exist- ence of the system authorized by this section shall not be deemed to preclude New York city residents from utilizing any system otherwise authorized by law. Completed applications that are filed using the system authorized by this section, when transmitted to the board of elections in the city of New York not later than the twentieth day before the next ensuing primary, general or special election, shall entitle the applicant to vote in such election provided the board deter- mines that the applicant is otherwise qualified. Applications shall be processed by such board in the manner prescribed in by section 5-210 of the election law or, if the applicant is already registered to vote from another address in New York state, in the manner prescribed by section 5-208 of the election law. Such board shall send the appropriate notice of approval or rejection as required by either subdivision 9 of section 5-210 of the election law or subdivision 5 of section 5-208 of the election law. Such system may utilize an electronic or manual signature that is in the custody of the department of motor vehicles, the state board of elections, any other agency designated by section 5-211 or 5-212 of the election law, or any agency designated as a participating EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.