Bill Text: NY A09567 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - referred to election law [A09567 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09567-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9567

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2024
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to changing party enroll-
          ment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word  "Independ-
          ence" or "Independent"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  5-312
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  5-312.  Enrollment;  unenrollment  from certain parties. Any person
     4  enrolled in a party which includes the words  "Independence"  or  "Inde-
     5  pendent"  shall  have  their voter enrollment changed such that they are
     6  not enrolled in any party.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13579-01-3