Senate Bill S8806

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process

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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-S8806 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8280
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 9 §§5-900 - 5-906, §5-308, amd §9-209, El L

2019-S8806 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process integrated within designated agency applications; requires the state board of elections to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; makes related provisions.

2019-S8806 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8806 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8806
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 18, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 establishing  an  auto-
   matic  voter  registration process integrated within designated agency
   applications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York automatic voter registration act of 2020".
   § 2. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title  9
 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IX
                       AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION
 SECTION 5-900. INTEGRATED   PERSONAL   VOTER   REGISTRATION  APPLICATION
                   REQUIRED.
         5-902. FAILURE TO RECEIVE  EXEMPLAR  SIGNATURE  NOT  TO  PREVENT
                  REGISTRATION.
         5-904. PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENT AUTHORIZED ERROR.
         5-906. FORMS.
   §  5-900. INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION REQUIRED.
 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER METHOD OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROVIDED FOR BY
 THIS CHAPTER, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES DESIGNATED IN SUBDIVISIONS  THIR-
 TEEN  AND  FOURTEEN  OF THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE TO THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS VOTER REGISTRATION QUALIFICATION INFORMATION  ASSOCIATED  WITH
 EACH  PERSON  WHO  SUBMITS  AN APPLICATION FOR SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE AT
 SUCH AGENCY, INCLUDING  A  RENEWAL,  RECERTIFICATION,  OR  REEXAMINATION
 TRANSACTION AT SUCH AGENCY, AND EACH PERSON WHO NOTIFIES THE AGENCY OF A
 CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS OR NAME. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES, "APPLICATION FOR SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE AT SUCH AGENCY" REFERS
 ONLY TO AN APPLICATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE, A  DRIVER'S
 LICENSE  RENEWAL OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD IF SUCH CARD IS ISSUED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ITS NORMAL  COURSE  OF  BUSINESS.    FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  HOUSING  AUTHORITY  "APPLICATION FOR
 SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE AT SUCH AGENCY" REFERS ONLY TO APPLICATIONS  THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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