Bill Text: NY A00847 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A00847 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00847-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           847

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, MAGNARELLI, COLTON,
          GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the date for change  of
          enrollment

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  316  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections showing a
     5  dated cancellation mark of the United States Post Office or contained in
     6  an envelope showing such a dated cancellation mark which  is  not  later
     7  than February fourteenth will take effect immediately, provided however,
     8  any change of enrollment received by the board of elections after Febru-
     9  ary  fourteenth and before or on seven days after the June primary shall
    10  take effect on the seventh day after the June primary.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01864-01-1