Assembly Bill A6655

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires that voter registration forms be made available at federal, state and local government buildings and at other public places

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  • 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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2009-A6655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1062
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1555
2013-2014: S2537

2009-A6655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each county board of elections to distribute registration application forms to the public through distribution to public buildings, banks, post offices and various other facilities that the public may frequent.

2009-A6655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6655

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER, DelMONTE, COLTON, GREENE, JAFFEE, CHRIS-
  TENSEN,  DINOWITZ,  COOK,  REILLY, ABBATE, MILLMAN, GORDON, ROSENTHAL,
  SPANO, MENG, EDDINGTON, TITUS, BRENNAN, BOYLAND -- Multi-Sponsored  by
  --  M.  of  A.  BRADLEY, BROOK-KRASNY, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, HIKIND, KOON,
  MAGEE, McENENY, RUSSELL, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to making mail registra-
  tion forms available in public buildings and other public places

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 5-210 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is  amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  Application  forms  for  use  pursuant  to  this section shall be
furnished by a county board of elections to any person  requesting  such
form.  Application  forms sent outside of the United States to a country
other than Canada or Mexico, shall be sent airmail. Each county board of
elections shall also cause such application forms to be  as  widely  and
freely  distributed  as possible.   EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
MAKE APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH  DISTRIBUTION  TO
FEDERAL,  STATE  AND  LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS.   SUCH BUILDINGS MAY
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO BANKS, POST  OFFICES,  PUBLIC  LIBRARIES,
LOCAL  OFFICES  OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, UNEMPLOYMENT INSUR-
ANCE OFFICES AND OFFICES OF EACH LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06333-01-9

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