Bill Text: NY A02116 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to qualifications of voters convicted of a felony; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A02116 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02116-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2116
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  qualifications  of
         voters convicted of a felony; and repealing certain provisions of such
         law relating thereto
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of section 5-106 of the election
    2  law are REPEALED and subdivision 6 is renumbered subdivision 2.
    3    S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 5-400 of the election law, as amended by
    4  chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
    5    1. A voter's registration, including the registration of  a  voter  in
    6  inactive  status,  shall  be  cancelled if, since the time of his OR HER
    7  last registration, he OR SHE:
    8    (a) Moved his OR HER residence outside the city or county in which  he
    9  OR SHE is registered.
   10    (b)  [Was convicted of a felony disqualifying him from voting pursuant
   11  to the provisions of section 5-106 of this article.
   12    (c)] Has been adjudicated an incompetent.
   13    [(d)] (C) Refused to take a challenge oath.
   14    [(e)] (D) Has died.
   15    [(f)] (E) Did not vote in any  election  conducted  by  the  board  of
   16  elections  during  the period ending with the second general election at
   17  which candidates for federal office are on the ballot after his  OR  HER
   18  name  was  placed in inactive status and for whom the board of elections
   19  did not, during such period, in any other way, receive  any  information
   20  that such voter still resides in the same county or city.
   21    [(g)]  (F)  Personally  requested to have his OR HER name removed from
   22  the list of registered voters.
   23    [(h)] (G) For any other reason, is no  longer  qualified  to  vote  as
   24  provided in this chapter.
   25    S  3.  Subdivision  2 of section 5-708 of the election law is REPEALED
   26  and subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are renumbered 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
   27    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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