Bill Text: NY S01555 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires each county board of elections to distribute registration application forms to the public through distribution to public buildings, banks and various other facilities that the public may frequent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01555 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01555-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1555--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, KRUEGER, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
         printed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on
         Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to making mail registra-
         tion forms available in public buildings and other public places
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 5-210 of the
    2  election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a)  Application  forms  for  use  pursuant  to  this section shall be
    5  furnished by a county board of elections to any person  requesting  such
    6  form.  Application  forms sent outside of the United States to a country
    7  other than Canada or Mexico, shall be sent airmail. Each county board of
    8  elections shall also cause such application forms to be  as  widely  and
    9  freely  distributed  as possible.   EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
   10  MAKE APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH  DISTRIBUTION  TO
   11  FEDERAL,  STATE  AND  LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS.   SUCH BUILDINGS MAY
   12  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO BANKS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, LOCAL OFFICES OF
   13  THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES,  UNEMPLOYMENT  INSURANCE  OFFICES  AND
   14  OFFICES OF EACH LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
   15    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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