Bill Text: NY A06610 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to automatic voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A06610 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06610-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6610 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to automatic voter regis- tration The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 14 and 15 of section 5-212 of the election 2 law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for 5 in this article, any qualified person may apply for registration and 6 enrollment either by application made simultaneously and integrated with 7 an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's license 8 renewal or an identification card if such a card is issued by the 9 department of motor vehicles in its normal course of business or by the 10 department of motor vehicles providing the appropriate board of 11 elections with electronic records of each person who qualifies to vote, 12 pursuant to subdivision twelve-a of this section. 13 14. The state board shall develop and distribute public information 14 and promotional materials relating to the purposes and implementation of 15 [this program] these programs. 16 15. The state board shall prepare and distribute to the department of 17 motor vehicles written instructions as to the implementation of [the18program] these programs and shall be responsible for establishing train- 19 ing programs for employees of the department of motor vehicles involved 20 in such [program] programs. 21 § 2. Section 5-212 of the election law is amended by adding a new 22 subdivision 12-a to read as follows: 23 12-a. In addition to completing an application for registration and 24 enrollment by application, a person may also be registered to vote in 25 the following manner: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10114-01-5