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Assembly Bill A9193

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to verification of voter qualifications

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2023-A9193 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-108, El L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A6454

2023-A9193 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to participate in the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program, administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services agency, to verify that a person who is either registered or registering to vote is a United States citizen.

2023-A9193 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9193
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to verification of voter
   qualifications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-108
 to read as follows:
   § 5-108. VERIFICATION OF VOTER QUALIFICATIONS; CITIZENSHIP. THE  STATE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICA-
 TION FOR ENTITLEMENTS (SAVE) PROGRAM, ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED  STATES
 CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES AGENCY, TO VERIFY THAT A PERSON WHO
 IS  EITHER REGISTERED OR REGISTERING TO VOTE IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE  STATE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO SHARE AND TRANSMIT ALL RELEVANT
 INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A PERSON, WHO IS EITHER REGISTERED OR  REGISTER-
 ING  TO  VOTE,  TO  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
 CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF VERIFYING
 SUCH PERSON'S CITIZENSHIP STATUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14484-01-4

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