Bill Text: NY A05599 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the removal of a voter from voting rolls due to death.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A05599 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05599-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5599
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removal of a voter from
         voting rolls due to death
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  5-714
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  5-714. DEATH OF A REGISTERED VOTER. 1. PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (E) OF
    4  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 5-400 OF THIS ARTICLE, DEATH SHALL RESULT  IN
    5  THE  CANCELLATION OF A VOTER'S REGISTRATION. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE
    6  NAME OF A VOTER IS REMOVED FROM THE REGISTRATION ROLL  UPON  DEATH,  THE
    7  NEW  YORK  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL REVIEW THE SOCIAL SECURITY
    8  ADMINISTRATION DEATH MASTER FILE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, PRIOR TO JULY FIRST
    9  OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.  NOTIFICATION SHALL BE SENT  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE
   10  LOCAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS BY JULY THIRTIETH OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR, AND
   11  THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE NAMES  OF  ALL
   12  DECEASED VOTERS FROM THE REGISTRATION ROLL.
   13    2.  IN  THE  EVENT THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS THAT THEIR NAME WAS ERRO-
   14  NEOUSLY REMOVED FROM THE ROLL, THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED  TO  CAST  A  VOTE
   15  THROUGH  AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT IN THE SAME MANNER AS A VOTER WHO IS DEEMED
   16  TO BE INACTIVE.  UPON THIS EVENT, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL  COMMENCE
   17  AN  INQUIRY  TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE NAME OF THE VOTER HAS IN FACT BEEN
   18  REMOVED FROM THE REGISTRATION ROLL DUE TO AN ERROR. IN THE EVENT THAT AN
   19  ERROR IS FOUND, THE AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL BE COUNTED AND  THE  INDIVID-
   20  UAL'S NAME SHALL BE REINSTATED ON THE REGISTRATION ROLL.
   21    S 2. 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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