Senate Bill S5367

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to automatic voter registration

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-S5367 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6610
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-212, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S2399, A1022
2019-2020: A3005

2015-S5367 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to automatic voter registration.

2015-S5367 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5367 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5367

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 automatic voter  regis-
  tration

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 14 and 15 of section 5-212 of the  election
law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as
follows:
  1.  In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for
in this article, any qualified person may  apply  for  registration  and
enrollment EITHER by application made simultaneously and integrated with
an  application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's license
renewal or an identification card if  such  a  card  is  issued  by  the
department  of motor vehicles in its normal course of business OR BY THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  PROVIDING  THE  APPROPRIATE  BOARD   OF
ELECTIONS  WITH ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF EACH PERSON WHO QUALIFIES TO VOTE,
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWELVE-A OF THIS SECTION.
  14. The state board shall develop and  distribute  public  information
and promotional materials relating to the purposes and implementation of
[this program] THESE PROGRAMS.
  15.  The state board shall prepare and distribute to the department of
motor vehicles written instructions as to  the  implementation  of  [the
program] THESE PROGRAMS and shall be responsible for establishing train-
ing  programs for employees of the department of motor vehicles involved
in such [program] PROGRAMS.
  S 2. Section 5-212 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
  12-A.  IN  ADDITION  TO COMPLETING AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AND
ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION, A PERSON MAY ALSO BE REGISTERED  TO  VOTE  IN
THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10114-01-5
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.