Senate Bill S254

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Changes the time period for the annual national change of address system check for registered voters

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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-S254 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-708, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7983
2023-2024: S3048

2021-S254 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the time period for the annual national change of address system check for registered voters to January.

2021-S254 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S254 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    254
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to changing the time peri-
   od for the annual national change of address system check  for  regis-
   tered voters

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of  subdivision  5  of  section  5-708  of  the
 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   a.  At  least  once  each year during the month of [February] JANUARY,
 each board of elections shall obtain  through  the  National  Change  of
 Address  System,  the forwarding address for every voter registered with
 such board of elections for whom the United States  Postal  Service  has
 such a forwarding address together with the name of each such voter whom
 the  Postal Service records indicate has moved from the address at which
 he is registered without leaving a forwarding address.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02361-01-1

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