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Assembly Bill A5382

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires notification to voters of each candidate to be voted on in each election prior to each such election

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2025-A5382 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-122, El L

2025-A5382 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each county board of elections to notify voters in such county of each candidate to be voted on in each election prior to each such election.

2025-A5382 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5382
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to notifying voters of the
   candidates to be voted on in each election
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  4-122 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. UPON PUBLICATION OF THE LIST DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  COUNTY  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL EMAIL, IF A REGISTERED
 VOTER'S EMAIL IS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF  ELECTIONS,  TO  EVERY
 REGISTERED  VOTER  IN  THE  COUNTY  A POSTCARD CONTAINING SUCH LIST. THE
 BOARD SHALL ALSO MAIL AT LEAST ONE PHYSICAL COPY OF THE POSTCARD TO EACH
 HOUSEHOLD WITH A REGISTERED VOTER IN THE COUNTY.  SHOULD  THE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE SUCH POSTCARD SIX DAYS BEFORE AN
 ELECTION,  IT  SHALL  PROVIDE SUCH POSTCARD AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DAY
 THEREAFTER BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06620-01-5

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