senate Bill S6463

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of New York to establish an electronic voter registration transmittal system for New York city residents

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 21, 2020 referred to election law
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 27, 2020 advanced to third reading
Jan 23, 2020 2nd report cal.
Jan 22, 2020 1st report cal.258
Jan 08, 2020 referred to elections
Jun 12, 2019 referred to rules

Votes

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Jan 21, 2020 - Elections committee Vote

S6463
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
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Absent
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Excused
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Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: Jan 21, 2020

nay (2)

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S6463 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8473
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S248
2023-2024: S3421

S6463 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of New York to establish and maintain an electronic voter registration transmittal system for New York city residents.

S6463 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6463 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6463

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 12, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. MYRIE -- (at request of the NYC Office of the Mayor)
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Rules

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

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

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