Bill Text: NY S02999 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the state board of elections to fit registration forms to 8.5 x 11 inches standard paper size.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02999 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02999-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2999

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to requiring the state
          board of elections to fit registration forms to standard paper size

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph (l) of subdivision 5 of
     2  section  5-210  of the election law, the opening paragraph as amended by
     3  chapter 179 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph (l) as amended by  chapter
     4  536 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
     5    Statewide  application  forms  shall be designed by the state board of
     6  elections, which shall conform to  the  requirements  for  the  national
     7  voter  registration form in the rules and regulations promulgated by the
     8  federal election commission and the federal Help America Vote  Act,  and
     9  shall  elicit the information required for the registration poll record.
    10  The form must be sized to standard 8.5  x  11  inches  paper  and  shall
    11  include  such  other  information  as  the  state board of elections may
    12  reasonably require to enable the board of elections to assess the eligi-
    13  bility of the applicant and to administer voter registration  and  other
    14  parts  of  the  election  process  and  shall also include the following
    15  information:
    16    (l) The mail voter registration  application  form  developed  by  the
    17  federal  election  commission pursuant to the provisions of section nine
    18  of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 42 USC 1973gg-7 shall  be
    19  deemed  to  meet the requirements of this section so long as it is sized
    20  to standard 8.5 x 11 inches  paper.  Any  application  for  registration
    21  received  on such an application form shall be accepted if the applicant
    22  is otherwise eligible to register to vote pursuant to the provisions  of
    23  this  article.  A  voter  whose registration is accepted pursuant to the
    24  provisions of this paragraph shall be permitted  to  furnish  an  e-mail
    25  address to the board of elections, which furnishing shall carry the same
    26  notice  and  have  the  same effect as provided by subparagraph (iii) of
    27  paragraph (k) of this subdivision.
    28    § 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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