Bill Text: NY A00418 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes cities with populations of more than one million persons and counties to enact a resolution, ordinance or regulation or adopt a local law, without referendum authorizing counties and certain cities to determine the classes of persons eligible to vote in local elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A00418 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00418-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           418

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY, COOK, WEPRIN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing cities with
          populations of more than one million persons and counties to  enact  a
          resolution,  ordinance  or  regulation  or  adopt a local law, without
          referendum authorizing counties and certain cities  to  determine  the
          classes of persons eligible to vote in local elections

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

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
     2  Right to Vote Act".
     3    § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-108 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    §  5-108.  Determination of qualified voters; local option.  1. A city
     6  having a population of more than one million persons or any  county  may
     7  enact  a  resolution,  ordinance or regulation or may adopt, through its
     8  governing body, a local law, without referendum, authorizing the city or
     9  county, as applicable to determine the classes of persons who  may  vote
    10  in local elections in accordance with existing federal and state law and
    11  the provisions of this section.
    12    2.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  only apply to elections
    13  conducted (a) within the city of New York;  and  (b)  within  any  other
    14  political  subdivision  of  this  state  where a local law, ordinance or
    15  resolution, permitting elections to be conducted therein pursuant to the
    16  provisions of this section has been duly enacted or adopted.
    17    3. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this section, is quali-
    18  fied  may register with the board of elections of his or her  county  of
    19  residence and vote in a local election.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04446-01-1