Bill Text: NY S06041 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 6041 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Enacts the "Modernized voter registration act of New York."

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-08 - PRINT NUMBER 6041A [S06041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06041-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         6041--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     August 28, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  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 enacting  the  "Modern-
          ized Voter Registration Act of New York"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Modernized
     2  Voter Registration Act of New York".
     3    § 2. The election law is amended by adding three new  sections  5-200,
     4  5-205 and 5-207 to read as follows:
     5    §  5-200.  Automated voter registration.  1. Notwithstanding any other
     6  manner of registration required by this  article,  each  person  in  the
     7  state qualified to vote pursuant to section 5-102 of this article, shall
     8  upon  personal  application  be  automatically  registered  to  vote  as
     9  provided in this section, provided that the  person  consents  to  voter
    10  registration.
    11    2.  The  state  board  of elections or county board of elections shall
    12  register to vote or update the registration record of any person in  the
    13  state  qualified  to  vote pursuant to section 5-102 of this article who
    14  consents to the registration or update and does any of the following:
    15    (a) completes an application for a new or  renewed  driver's  license,
    16  non-driver   identification   card,  pre-licensing  course  certificate,
    17  learner's permit or certification of supervised driving with the depart-
    18  ment of motor vehicles, or notifies such  department  in  writing  of  a
    19  change of his or her name or address;
    20    (b)  completes an application for services, renewal or recertification
    21  for services, or change of address relating to such services from  agen-
    22  cies designated in section 5-211 of this title;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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