Bill Text: NY A10018 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10018 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes a registered voter to change his or her address up to 10 days before a primary, special or general election; and authorizes a registered voter to change his or her party affiliation up to 25 days before a primary, special or general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - referred to election law [A10018 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10018-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10018
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  the
          provision of notice of a change of address ten days before an election
          and  authorizing  the  change  of party affiliation within twenty-five
          days of an election
          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 5-208 of the election law, as
     2  added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3. If such a notice is received at least [twenty] ten  days  before  a
     4  primary,  special  or  general  election, such change of address must be
     5  completed before such election.
     6    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as amended by
     7  chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
     8    3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections not later
     9  than the twenty-fifth day before [the] a  primary,  special  or  general
    10  election shall be [deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not
    11  be  opened until the first Tuesday following such general election. Such
    12  change of enrollment shall be then  removed  and]  entered  before  such
    13  election as provided in this article.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14541-01-8