Bill Text: NY S07596 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prevents municipalities from abridging the election law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07596 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S07596-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7596 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE December 15, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to preventing munici- palities from abridging the election law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5-106 of the election law is amended by adding two 2 new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows: 3 7. No person who does not have the right to register for or vote at 4 any election under the provisions of this chapter and/or the state 5 constitution shall have the right to register for or vote at any 6 election granted to him or her by a county, city, town, or village 7 through any action including, but not limited to, any amendment of a 8 municipal charter or passage of any local law. 9 8. No person shall have their right to register for or vote at any 10 election abridged by a county, city, town, or village through any action 11 including, but not limited to, any amendment of a municipal charter or 12 passage of any local law. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13911-01-1
