NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3996

Senate Bill S3996

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to elections
Jul 16, 2009	committed to rules
May 04, 2009	advanced to third reading
Apr 29, 2009	2nd report cal.
Apr 28, 2009	1st report cal.231
Apr 07, 2009	referred to elections

2009-S3996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8348
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S1561, A5900
2013-2014: A2104
2015-2016: A5870
2017-2018: A5908, A10582
2019-2020: A116
2021-2022: A8858

2009-S3996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.

2009-S3996 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3996

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration


 PURPOSE :
The bill authorizes voters whose applications are timely mailed and
received to vote in the next following primary, general or special
election.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends Election Law subdivision 3 of section 5-210, as
amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 205, to provide that an
application postmarked by no later than fifteen days before the next
primary, general or special election, which is received no later than
ten days before such election, or which is delivered in person at
least 10 days before such election to the county board of elections,
shall entitle such applicant to vote at such election.

Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

Under current law, an application postmarked by twenty-five days
before the next primary, general or special election, which is
received at least 20 days before such election, or delivered in person
to the county board of elections at least 10 days before a special

election entitles the applicant to vote in that special election. It
fails to address the right of the applicant to vote in primary and
general elections in the same circumstances, which appears to be a
technical error.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Article II, Section 5 of the New York State Constitution requires that
in order to vote in an election a voter's registration must be
completed at least ten days before such election. This bill reduces
the time period prior to an election during which a person can
register to vote and be entitled to vote to the constitutional ten day
minimum, and clarifies that when a registration is received at least
ten days before a primary, general or special election, the voter is
entitled to vote in that election.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S3996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3996

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 voter registration

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 5-210 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  Completed  application forms, when received by any county board of
elections and, with respect to  application  forms  promulgated  by  the
federal  election  commission,  when  received  by  the  state  board of
elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark  of  the  United  States
Postal  Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
lation mark which is not later than  the  [twenty-fifth]  FIFTEENTH  day
before  the  next  ensuing  primary,  general  or  special election, and
received no later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before  such  election,
or  delivered in person to such county board of elections not later than
the tenth day before [a special] SUCH election, shall entitle the appli-
cant to vote in such election, if he  or  she  is  otherwise  qualified,
provided,  however,  such  applicant  shall not vote on a voting machine
until his or her identity is verified. Any  county  board  of  elections
receiving  an  application form from a person who does not reside in its
jurisdiction but who does reside elsewhere in the  state  of  New  York,
shall forthwith forward such application form to the proper county board
of  elections.  Each board of elections shall make an entry on each such
form of the date it is received by such board.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08458-02-9

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