Bill Text: NY A01684 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote may register on any day, including a day of election, that the board of elections is open for business; requires establishment of a procedure to enable such registrants to cast their votes at the appropriate polling places.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-06 - print number 1684a [A01684 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01684-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1684
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAVANAGH, BING, BOYLAND, CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT,
         GALEF, HOYT, KELLNER, PAULIN, MENG,  P. RIVERA,  ROBINSON,  ROSENTHAL,
         WRIGHT  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, FARRELL, GOTTFRIED,
         LAVINE, LIFTON, LUPARDO, THIELE --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to allowing for polling
         place voter registration for any qualified person who  is  not  regis-
         tered to vote
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 5-210 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE RELATING
    4  TO REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, ANY QUALIFIED PERSON WHO IS NOT REGISTERED
    5  IN THIS STATE MAY APPLY PERSONALLY FOR REGISTRATION  AND  ENROLLMENT  BY
    6  APPEARING  AT THE APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN
    7  WHICH HE OR SHE RESIDES ON THE DAY OF ANY PRIMARY,  GENERAL  OR  SPECIAL
    8  ELECTION DURING THE HOURS THAT SUCH POLLING PLACE IS OPEN FOR VOTING. TO
    9  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  REGISTER  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION, A PERSON MUST
   10  PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION  CONTAINING  PROOF  OF  RESI-
   11  DENCE,  AS  DETERMINED BY STATE LAW IMPLEMENTING THE HELP AMERICANS VOTE
   12  ACT OF 2002 (PUBLIC LAW 107-252). ANY PERSON WHO SO  REGISTERS  TO  VOTE
   13  SHALL  EXECUTE  THE  FOLLOWING INSTRUMENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING
   14  FORM:
   15    "I, (NAME), DO HEREBY CERTIFY, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT, TO  THE
   16  BEST  OF  MY KNOWLEDGE, I AM A QUALIFIED VOTER, HAVING RESIDED AT (PLACE
   17  OF RESIDENCE) FOR  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THIS
   18  ELECTION,  THAT  I  AM NOT DISQUALIFIED ON ANY LEGAL GROUNDS FROM VOTING
   19  AND THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY VOTED AT THIS ELECTION."
   20    (B) IF A REGISTRANT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE VALID PROOF OF  RESIDENCE  AS
   21  REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH REGISTRANT MAY BE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04805-01-1
       A. 1684                             2
    1  ALLOWED TO REGISTER FOR AND VOTE IN ANY ELECTION  BY  AFFIDAVIT  BALLOT.
    2  SUCH  AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED UNTIL ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN
    3  DETERMINE SUCH REGISTRANT'S RESIDENCE AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
    4    (C)  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE BY WHICH A
    5  PERSON WHO REGISTERS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION MAY CAST  HIS  OR  HER
    6  VOTE AT THE APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.