Assembly Bill A6401

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place

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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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2017-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1363
2021-2022: A4351
2023-2024: A2593

2017-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place.

2017-A6401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6401
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring at least  one
   form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling
   place
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  8-302  of  the  election  law  is
 amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   1-A. AT ALL ELECTIONS HELD PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER,
 AT LEAST ONE FORM OF ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL
 BE UTILIZED.
   2.  The  voter  shall  give  his name and his residence address to the
 inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly and distinctly  announce  the
 name  and  residence of the voter AND VERIFY SUCH THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC
 MEANS REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10091-01-7

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