Bill Text: NY A06482 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to return, including a second home or a vacation home.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - substituted by s6214 [A06482 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06482-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6482

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the  providing  that  a
          voter  may  register to vote at any residence to which the voter main-
          tains a continuous connection with an intent to return

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  5-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Nothing in this section shall prevent a voter from  registering  to
     4  vote  from  any  residence  to  which  the  voter maintains a continuous
     5  connection with an intent to return,  including  a  second  or  vacation
     6  home.
     7    §  2.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the
     8  election law, as amended by chapter 139 of the laws of 2020, is  amended
     9  to read as follows:
    10    A  qualified  voter  may  vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
    11  from a residence at which the voter is registered to vote, including any
    12  residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection  with  an
    13  intent  to  return  such as a second or vacation home, if, on the occur-
    14  rence of any village election  conducted  by  the  board  of  elections,
    15  primary  election,  special  election, general election or New York city
    16  community school board district  or  city  of  Buffalo  school  district
    17  election, he or she expects to be:
    18    §  3.   The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the
    19  election law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended
    20  to read as follows:
    21    A  qualified  voter  may  vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
    22  from a residence at which the voter is registered to vote, including any
    23  residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection  with  an
    24  intent  to  return  such as a second or vacation home, if, on the occur-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10453-01-1
        A. 6482                             2

     1  rence of any village election  conducted  by  the  board  of  elections,
     2  primary  election,  special  election, general election or New York city
     3  community school board district  or  city  of  Buffalo  school  district
     4  election, he or she expects to be:
     5    §  4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
     6  ments to the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of  the
     7  election  law  made  by  section two of this act shall be subject to the
     8  expiration and reversion of such subdivision when  upon  such  date  the
     9  provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.