Bill Text: NY A01952 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-01 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A01952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01952-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1952
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAYER, ARROYO, MILLER, MOSLEY, SCHIMEL, ROZIC,
         OTIS, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DUPREY, HOOPER,
         PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, THIELE  --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to adding an optional
         section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
    2  election law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiii) to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    (XIII) THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT (OPTIONAL).
    5    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    6  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00297-01-5
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