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Senate Bill S2869

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the registration and enrollment of voters

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2009-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-210, El L

2009-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the registration and enrollment of voters.

2009-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2869

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 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 day before the next
ensuing primary, general or special election, and received no later than
the twentieth 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  applicant  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.
                                                           LBD08955-01-9

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