S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7130
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 23, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, GALEF, ABINANTI -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to registration to vote
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 84 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 281 of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is
added to read as follows:
5. In order to assist boards of registration in the preparation of
their registers, the town clerk, prior to the first meeting of such
boards of registration, shall obtain from the board of elections of the
county in which such town is located, the list of names and addresses of
all voters registered with such board of elections on or before the
[twenty-third] TENTH day before such special election. The town clerk
shall deliver the names and addresses of qualified voters to the appro-
priate board or boards of registration on or before the first meeting of
such board or boards. At the first and subsequent meetings of the board
of registration for each voting place designated by the town board for
such special town election, such board of registration shall place on
the register described in subdivision four hereof the names of all qual-
ified voters and all other qualified voters who personally appear, and
those military voters and such other voters who are absent by reason of
confining illness or physical disability or whose duties, occupation or
business required them to be outside of the state of New York, having
the qualifications of voters prescribed in this section and who have
made application for absentee ballots as certified to them by the town
clerk.
7. IN THE EVENT A TOWN BOARD DOES NOT ELECT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL REGIS-
TRATION FOR A SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION, NO PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE
UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON THE
TENTH DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05535-01-1