Assembly Bill A418

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes counties and certain cities to determine the classes of persons eligible to vote in local elections

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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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2021-A418 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9849
2013-2014: A4815
2015-2016: A6655
2017-2018: A621
2019-2020: A100

2021-A418 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities with populations of more than one million persons and counties to enact a resolution, ordinance or regulation or adopt a local law, without referendum authorizing counties and certain cities to determine the classes of persons eligible to vote in local elections.

2021-A418 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    418
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY, COOK, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing cities with
   populations of more than one million persons and counties to  enact  a
   resolution,  ordinance  or  regulation  or  adopt a local law, without
   referendum authorizing counties and certain cities  to  determine  the
   classes of persons eligible to vote in local elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 Right to Vote Act".
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-108 to read
 as follows:
   §  5-108.  DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED VOTERS; LOCAL OPTION.  1. A CITY
 HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION PERSONS OR ANY  COUNTY  MAY
 ENACT  A  RESOLUTION,  ORDINANCE OR REGULATION OR MAY ADOPT, THROUGH ITS
 GOVERNING BODY, A LOCAL LAW, WITHOUT REFERENDUM, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OR
 COUNTY, AS APPLICABLE TO DETERMINE THE CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO  MAY  VOTE
 IN LOCAL ELECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING FEDERAL AND STATE LAW AND
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  ONLY APPLY TO ELECTIONS
 CONDUCTED (A) WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK;  AND  (B)  WITHIN  ANY  OTHER
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OF  THIS  STATE  WHERE A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR
 RESOLUTION, PERMITTING ELECTIONS TO BE CONDUCTED THEREIN PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAS BEEN DULY ENACTED OR ADOPTED.
   3. A PERSON WHO, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, IS QUALI-
 FIED  MAY REGISTER WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HIS OR HER  COUNTY  OF
 RESIDENCE AND VOTE IN A LOCAL ELECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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