Senate Bill S1100

                            
 
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     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
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 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
              

 S. 1100                             2                             A. 774
 
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
 as follows:
   §  5-507.  VOTER PRE-REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION ON VOTER PRE-REGISTRA-
 TION. 1. PRE-REGISTRATION.  A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST  SIXTEEN  YEARS  OF
 AGE  AND WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE MAY PRE-REGISTER
 TO VOTE, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED UPON REACHING THE AGE  OF
 ELIGIBILITY AS PROVIDED BY THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION.
 LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION ARE REQUIRED  TO  ADOPT  POLICIES  TO  PROMOTE
 STUDENT  VOTER  REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION.  THESE POLICIES MAY
 INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO  CONDUCT  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS.  COMPLETION  AND
 SUBMISSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL NOT  BE
 A COURSE REQUIREMENT OR GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS.
   §  3.  Paragraph (g) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (g)  Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United States,
 [is or will be at least eighteen years old not later than December thir-
 ty-first of the calendar year in which he or she registers] IS AT  LEAST
 SIXTEEN  YEARS  OLD WHEN HE OR SHE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ELECTIONS OCCURRING  ON  OR  AFTER  THE
 APPLICANT  TURNS  EIGHTEEN  YEARS OF AGE and a resident of the county or
 city to which application is made.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.