Bill Text: NY S09535 | 2021-2022 | 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 - Dead) 2022-08-17 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09535 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09535-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9535

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 17, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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  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.
                                                                   LBD16188-02-2