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Assembly Bill A8110

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place

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2025-A8110 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6401
2019-2020: A1363
2021-2022: A4351
2023-2024: A2593

2025-A8110 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place.

2025-A8110 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8110
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring at least  one
   form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling
   place
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-302  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  section  8 of part XX of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1-A. AT ALL ELECTIONS HELD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER,
 AT LEAST ONE FORM OF ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL
 BE UTILIZED.
   2. The voter shall give the voter's name  and  the  voter's  residence
 address to the inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly and distinctly
 announce the name and residence of the voter AND VERIFY SUCH THROUGH THE
 ELECTRONIC MEANS REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11757-01-5

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