Bill Text: NY A02090 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day and provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-15 - enacting clause stricken [A02090 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02090-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2090--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, ENGLEBRIGHT, FARRELL, GALEF, GOTTFRIED,
          ORTIZ,  QUART,  PAULIN,  BUCHWALD,  M. G. MILLER,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,
          MOSLEY, FAHY, ZEBROWSKI,  OTIS,  BRINDISI,  ABINANTI,  ROZIC,  JAFFEE,
          HEVESI,  SKOUFIS,  WALLACE,  TITONE, STIRPE, SEAWRIGHT, BLAKE, CUSICK,
          DE LA ROSA, JONES, LENTOL, NIOU, RIVERA, RYAN -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A. CAHILL, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGEE, PERRY,
          SKARTADOS, THIELE -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing an amendment to section 5 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation to the ten day advance registration requirement
     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 5 of  article
     2  2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the citi-
     4  zens who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby  established,
     5  and  for  the  registration  of  voters[;  which  registration  shall be
     6  completed at least ten days before each election].    Such  registration
     7  shall  not  be required for town and village elections except by express
     8  provision of law.
     9    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
    10  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    11  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    12  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    13  published for three months previous to the time of such election.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89030-02-7