Bill Text: NY A05870 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5870 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A05870 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05870-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5870
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  COLTON, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, HOOPER,
         CAHILL, MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Election
         Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-210  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  179  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. Completed application forms, when received by any county  board  of
    5  elections  and,  with  respect  to  application forms promulgated by the
    6  federal election  commission,  when  received  by  the  state  board  of
    7  elections,  or  showing  a  dated cancellation mark of the United States
    8  Postal Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated  cancel-
    9  lation  mark  which  is  not later than the [twenty-fifth] FIFTEENTH day
   10  before the next  ensuing  primary,  general  or  special  election,  and
   11  received  no  later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before such election,
   12  or delivered in person to such county board of elections not later  than
   13  the tenth day before [a special] SUCH election, shall entitle the appli-
   14  cant  to  vote  in  such  election, if he or she is otherwise qualified,
   15  provided, however, such applicant shall not vote  on  a  voting  machine
   16  until  his  or  her  identity is verified. Any county board of elections
   17  receiving an application form from a person who does not reside  in  its
   18  jurisdiction  but  who  does  reside elsewhere in the state of New York,
   19  shall forthwith forward such application form to the proper county board
   20  of elections. Each board of elections shall make an entry on  each  such
   21  form of the date it is received by such board.
   22    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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