Assembly Bill A8849

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment

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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-A8849 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7363
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-304, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1314
2021-2022: A847
2023-2024: A933
2025-2026: A330

2017-A8849 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment; dated cancellation mark 25 days before the election and received no later than the 20th day before the general election.

2017-A8849 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8849
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  D'URSO,  JAFFEE,  ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT,
   SEPULVEDA, SIMON, CASTORINA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the postmark  date  for
   change of enrollment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  90  of  the  laws  of  1991, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. A change of enrollment SHOWING A DATED  CANCELLATION  MARK  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES  POST  OFFICE  OR CONTAINED IN AN ENVELOPE SHOWING SUCH A
 DATED CANCELLATION MARK WHICH IS NOT LATER  THAN  THE  TWENTY-FIFTH  DAY
 BEFORE  THE  GENERAL ELECTION AND received by the board of elections not
 later than the [twenty-fifth] TWENTIETH day before the general  election
 shall be deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not be opened
 until  the first Tuesday following such general election. Such change of
 enrollment shall be then removed and entered as provided in  this  arti-
 cle.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13850-01-7

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