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Apr 20, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S7546
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7546 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7546 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To allow parollees the right to vote and register for elections. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Subdivision 2, 3, and 4 of section 5-106 of the election law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978 are amended. The amendments give an individual on parole the right to vote and register for elections. JUSTIFICATION : The Brennan Center for Justice released a report titled, "Jim Crow in New York," which traced the history of New York's felony disenfranchisement law and revealed that its roots are firmly planted in some of the most discriminatory voting barriers to exist in our country. The report clarifies that Jim Crow laws were not confined to the South. In fact, during the 18th century, New York's election laws clearly followed the national narrative. New York's criminal disenfranchisement provisions followed a concerted effort to exclude African Americans from participating in the political process.
2009-S7546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7546 I N S E N A T E April 20, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- 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 allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 5-106 of the election law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, are amended to read as follows: 2. No person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of this state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any election unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor, or his maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired[, or he has been discharged from parole]. The governor, however, may attach as a condition to any such pardon a provision that any such person shall not have the right of suffrage until it shall have been separately restored to him. 3. No person who has been convicted in a federal court, of a felony, or a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any election unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizen- ship by the president of the United States, or his maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired[, or he has been discharged from parole]. 4. No person who has been convicted in another state for a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state shall have the right to register for or vote at any election in this state unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor or other appropriate authority of such other state, or his maximum sentence has expired[, or he has been discharged from parole]. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16208-01-0
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