| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to elections |
| Feb 28, 2011 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S3599
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
2011-S3599 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3599
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
2011-S3599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3599
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 28, 2011
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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 OR SHE shall have been pardoned or restored to the
rights of citizenship by the governor, or his OR HER 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 OR HER.
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 OR SHE shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of
citizenship by the president of the United States, or his OR HER 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 OR SHE shall have been pardoned or restored to the
rights of citizenship by the governor or other appropriate authority of
such other state, or his OR HER 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
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