Bill Text: NY A07052 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2025.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-04 - print number 7052c [A07052 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A07052-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7052--C 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. As the official record of 2 all eligible voters in a state, a state's voter registration rolls are 3 the foundation of free, fair, and accurate elections. Illegal voting is 4 exceedingly rare but maintaining accurate voter rolls reduces the oppor- 5 tunity for such behavior and it helps build confidence in election 6 outcomes. However, keeping voter rolls up to date is a challenge 7 because, every day, voters move or die. Voters do not always remember to 8 update their registration when they move. These challenges are especial- 9 ly acute in states with large and highly mobile populations. Partic- 10 ipation in a multistate voter list maintenance organization can improve 11 the accuracy of New York's voter registration rolls. A multistate voter 12 list maintenance organization is a coordinating entity between states 13 that aids them in identifying voters who may no longer be eligible to 14 vote, who have moved, or who have died. A voter list maintenance organ- 15 ization may also offer other information useful to improving voter 16 registration or enhancing the integrity of election administration. 17 § 2. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 10 18 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10609-11-3A. 7052--C 2 1 TITLE X 2 MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZATION 3 Section 5-1000. Joining a multistate voter list maintenance organiza- 4 tion. 5 5-1001. Designating a member representative. 6 5-1002. Authorization to share registration records with multi- 7 state voter list maintenance organization. 8 5-1003. Use of information from a multistate voter list mainte- 9 nance organization. 10 § 5-1000. Joining a multistate voter list maintenance organization. 11 The state board of elections shall join the state as a member in one or 12 more multistate voter list maintenance organizations including, but not 13 limited to, the electronic registration information center or its 14 successor. The state board of elections shall expend funds for member- 15 ship fees, dues and other expenses related to such membership. 16 § 5-1001. Designating a member representative. The state board of 17 elections shall designate the chief election official of the state of 18 New York as the representative to the board of directors of any multi- 19 state voter list maintenance organization that the state is a member of 20 including, but not limited to, the electronic registration information 21 center or its successor. 22 § 5-1002. Authorization to share registration records with multistate 23 voter list maintenance organization. 1. Notwithstanding any other 24 provision of law, the member representative designated under section 25 5-1001 of this title may provide to the multistate voter list mainte- 26 nance organization that they are a member of the following information 27 from the statewide voter registration list as defined in section 5-614 28 of this article: 29 (a) all name fields; 30 (b) all address fields; 31 (c) date of birth; 32 (d) state voter identification number; 33 (e) voter's last registration date; 34 (f) activity dates as defined by the multistate voter list maintenance 35 organization; and 36 (g) voter history. 37 2. The member representative designated under section 5-1001 of this 38 title may also provide any information to the multistate voter list 39 maintenance organization provided to such member representative from the 40 department of motor vehicles pursuant to section two hundred nineteen-a 41 of the vehicle and traffic law. 42 3. The state board of elections shall not provide any information on 43 any person in the confidential voter program pursuant to section 5-508 44 of this article for any purpose under this title. Nothing in this title 45 shall be construed to require the department of motor vehicles to 46 provide any information on any person in such program. 47 4. The state board of elections is authorized to promulgate any rule 48 or regulation necessary to effectuate the provisions of this title. 49 § 5-1003. Use of information from a multistate voter list maintenance 50 organization. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 51 the state board of elections shall use any information provided by a 52 multistate voter list maintenance organization that the state has joined 53 pursuant to section 5-1001 of this title, including but not limited to, 54 the use of such information in list maintenance activities performed 55 pursuant to section 5-614 of this article.A. 7052--C 3 1 2. To avoid inadvertent or accidental registration of persons ineligi- 2 ble to register to vote, any mailing to any potentially eligible but 3 unregistered person shall state the voter registration criteria, includ- 4 ing but not limited to, any citizenship requirements. 5 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 6 219-a to read as follows: 7 § 219-a. State membership in a multistate voter list maintenance 8 organization. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 9 contrary, the commissioner is authorized to provide to the state's 10 representative to a multistate voter list maintenance organization, 11 designated under section 5-1001 of the election law, the following 12 information: (a) all name fields; (b) all address fields; (c) DMV ID 13 number; (d) last four digits of the DMV ID holder's social security 14 number; (e) date of birth; (f) current record status; (g) phone number; 15 and (h) e-mail address, provided that the conditions and terms of 16 membership are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and title 17 ten of article five of the election law pertaining to such membership or 18 reciprocal recognition of vehicle registrations. 19 2. The commissioner shall not provide any information pursuant to this 20 section of persons who are not citizens. 21 § 4. New York state shall join a multistate voter list maintenance 22 organization promptly after the effective date of this act and shall 23 complete its registration with a multistate voter list maintenance 24 organization on or before July 31, 2025. 25 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.