Bill Text: NY A02042 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-10 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A02042 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02042-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2042--B
Cal. No. 112
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, GALEF, SCARBOROUGH, CERETTO, ROBERTS,
BUCHWALD, ROSENTHAL, SEPULVEDA, LUPARDO, FAHY, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CAHILL, CLARK, GOTTFRIED,
HIKIND, MILLMAN, RUSSELL, SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph o of subdivision 4 of section 5-500 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended
3 and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
4 o. A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this chap-
5 ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
6 P. A SPACE FOR PRE-REGISTERING APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING
7 QUESTION: "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST
8 BE 18 YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO VOTE, AND THAT UNTIL YOU
9 REACH THE AGE OF 18 YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE MARKED AS 'PENDING' AND
10 YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT IN ANY ELECTION?"
11 S 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
12 as follows:
13 S 5-507. VOTER PRE-REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION ON VOTER PRE-REGISTRA-
14 TION. 1. PRE-REGISTRATION. A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF
15 AGE AND WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE MAY PRE-REGISTER
16 TO VOTE, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED UPON REACHING THE AGE OF
17 ELIGIBILITY, FOLLOWING VERIFICATION OF THE PERSON'S QUALIFICATIONS AND
18 ADDRESS.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03459-05-4
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1 2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION.
2 LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PROMOTE
3 STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION. THESE POLICIES MAY
4 INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO CONDUCT VOTER
5 REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. COMPLETION AND
6 SUBMISSION OF VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL NOT BE
7 A COURSE REQUIREMENT OR GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS.
8 S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
9 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
10 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
11 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
12 authorized to be made on or before such date.
