Bill Text: NY S01992 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 1992B [S01992 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01992-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1992--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT, HOYLMAN, PARKER -- 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 -- recommitted
         to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   Paragraph o of subdivision 4  of  section  5-500  of  the
    2  election  law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended
    3  and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
    4    o. A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this  chap-
    5  ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
    6    P.  A SPACE FOR PRE-REGISTERING APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING
    7  QUESTION: "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST
    8  BE 18 YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO VOTE, AND THAT UNTIL YOU
    9  REACH THE AGE OF 18 YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE MARKED  AS  'PENDING'  AND
   10  YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT IN ANY ELECTION?"
   11    S 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
   12  as follows:
   13    S  5-507.  VOTER PRE-REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION ON VOTER PRE-REGISTRA-
   14  TION. 1. PRE-REGISTRATION.  A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST  SIXTEEN  YEARS  OF
   15  AGE  AND WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE MAY PRE-REGISTER
   16  TO VOTE, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED UPON REACHING THE AGE  OF
   17  ELIGIBILITY,  FOLLOWING  VERIFICATION OF THE PERSON'S QUALIFICATIONS AND
   18  ADDRESS.
   19    2. ENCOURAGEMENT OF STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION.
   20  LOCAL  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION  ARE  REQUIRED TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PROMOTE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03459-04-4
       S. 1992--B                          2
    1  STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION.  THESE  POLICIES  MAY
    2  INCLUDE  COLLABORATION  WITH COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO CONDUCT VOTER
    3  REGISTRATION  AND  PRE-REGISTRATION  IN  HIGH  SCHOOLS.  COMPLETION  AND
    4  SUBMISSION  OF VOTER REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FORMS SHALL NOT BE
    5  A COURSE REQUIREMENT OR GRADED ASSIGNMENT FOR STUDENTS.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    7  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediate-
    8  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any  rules  or  regulations
    9  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
   10  authorized to be made on or before such date.