NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1732A

Senate Bill S1732A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state

download bill text pdf

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

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

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to elections
May 11, 2017	print number 1732a
May 11, 2017	amend (t) and recommit to elections
Jan 10, 2017	referred to elections

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2017-S1732 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9826
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§5-208 & 8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A7011
2011-2012: S5236, A1230, A8633
2013-2014: S1990, A83
2015-2016: S858, A5598
2019-2020: S1099, A775

2017-S1732 - Summary

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if the voter moves to a new county.

2017-S1732 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1732

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the election law, in relation to a
universal jurisdiction voting act

 PURPOSE :

To increase voter participation in the election process by allowing
those who move to another county or city within the state to vote in
their new election district.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends subdivisions 1, 4 and 8 of section 5-208 of the
election law by replacing references to "city" and "county' with "New
York State." A new subdivision 9 is added to chapter 659 of the laws
of 1994 to allow the state board of elections to promulgate
regulations and procedures for transferring a voter from one county to
another.

Section 2. Amends subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3
of section 8-302 of the election law by replacing references to "city"
and "county" with "New York State."

Section 3. Effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

New York State's Election Law currently only allows those citizens who
move within a city or county to vote in their new election district.
Voters who move between the five boroughs of New York City and within
any county may show up at the correct polling center and vote via
affidavit ballot. Voters who move from Brooklyn to Suffolk County,
however, are barred from voting on Election Day unless they update
their registration in time for the election.

The Universal Jurisdiction voting Act will amend New York State's
Election Law by allowing voters who move anywhere within the State to
vote at the polling center in their new election district. This
legislation would verify affidavit ballots using the Statewide voter
file to enfranchise New Yorkers who have registered but have moved and
failed to update their address with the Board of Elections in a timely
manner.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: S858/A5598A - Elections/Election Law
2013-14: S1990/A83 - Elections/Election Law
2011-12: S5236/A8633 - Elections/Election Law

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1732 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1732
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, AVELLA, PARKER, PERKINS -- 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 a universal jurisdic-
   tion voting act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1, 4, and 8 of section 5-208 of the election
 law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996,
 subdivision 4 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended
 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   1.  The board of elections shall transfer the registration and enroll-
 ment of any voter APPEARING ON A STATEWIDE VOTER LIST PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION 5-614 OF THIS  ARTICLE  for  whom  it  receives  a
 notice  of  change  of address to another address in [the same county or
 city] NEW YORK STATE, or for any voter who casts a ballot in an  affida-
 vit  ballot  envelope which sets forth such a new address.  Such notices
 shall include, but not be limited to, notices received  from  any  state
 agency  which  conducts  a  voter  registration  program pursuant to the
 provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this title, that the voter has
 notified such agency of a change of address in [the same city or county]
 NEW YORK STATE unless the  voter  has  indicated  that  such  change  of
 address  is  not  for  voter registration purposes, notices of change of
 address from the United  States  Postal  Service  through  the  National
 Change  of  Address  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail
 sent to a voter by the board of elections and  returned  by  the  postal
 service,  national or state voter registration forms, confirmation mail-
 ing response cards, United States Postal Service notices to  correspond-
 ents  of  change  of address, applications for registration from persons
 already registered in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE, or any other
 notices to correspondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01566-01-7

 S. 1732                             2
 
   4. If such application for registration from a  voter  already  regis-
 tered  in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE also reflects a change of
 enrollment, the board of elections shall treat such  application  as  an
 application  for  change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304 of this
 article.
   8.  If  the  board of elections receives notice of a change of address
 within [such city or county] NEW YORK STATE from, or with respect to,  a
 person  who it determines is not registered in [such county or city] NEW
 YORK STATE, it shall forthwith send such person a notice to that  effect
 in  a  form  approved by the state board of elections at the new address
 set forth in such notice of change of address,  together  with  a  voter
 registration form.
   9. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS AS TO THE
 PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERRING A VOTER FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section
 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter  164  of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
 or  she  has  duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address in such election
 district from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a  duly
 qualified  voter in such election district, that his or her registration
 poll record appears to be lost or misplaced or  that  his  or  her  name
 and/or  his  or  her  signature  was omitted from the computer generated
 registration list or that he or she has  moved  within  [the  county  or
 city]  NEW  YORK STATE since he or she last registered, the address from
 which he or she was previously registered and the address at which he or
 she currently resides, and at a primary election, the party in which  he
 or she is enrolled. The inspectors of election shall offer such an affi-
 davit  to  each  such  voter whose residence address is in such election
 district.  Each such affidavit shall be in  a  form  prescribed  by  the
 state  board  of  elections, shall be printed on an envelope of the size
 and quality used for an absentee ballot envelope, and shall  contain  an
 acknowledgment  that  the  affiant  understands that any false statement
 made  therein  is  perjury  punishable  according  to  law.  Such   form
 prescribed  by  the  state  board of elections shall request information
 required to register such voter should the county board  determine  that
 such  voter  is  not  registered  and shall constitute an application to
 register to vote. The voter's name and the entries required  shall  then
 be  entered  without  delay  and  without  further inquiry in the fourth
 section of the challenge report or in the place provided at the  end  of
 the  computer  generated  registration  list, with the notation that the
 voter has executed the affidavit hereinabove  prescribed,  or,  if  such
 person's  name  appears on the computer generated registration list, the
 board of elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his or
 her name on such list.  The voter shall then, without  further  inquiry,
 be  permitted  to vote an affidavit ballot provided for by this chapter.
 Such ballot shall thereupon be placed in the envelope containing his  or
 her  affidavit,  and  the  envelope  sealed and returned to the board of
 elections in the manner provided by this chapter for protested  official
 ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

View additional co-sponsors

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9826
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§5-208 & 8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A7011
2011-2012: S5236, A1230, A8633
2013-2014: S1990, A83
2015-2016: S858, A5598
2019-2020: S1099, A775

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if the voter moves to a new county.

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1732A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the election law, in relation to
voter registration transfers

 PURPOSE :

To increase voter participation in the election process by
facilitating transfers of voter registration for those who move within
the state from one county to another or into or out of the city of New
York to vote in their new residential district.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 replacing of the bill amends section 5-208 of the election
law by the words "city" and "county" with the words "New York State."

Section 2 replacing State."of the bill amends section 8-302 of the
election law by the phrase "the county or city" with the words "New
York

Section 3 of the bill sets forth the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

New York's election law currently creates unnecessary impediments that

make it difficult for eligible voters to participate in elections and
also create unnecessary challenges for election officials
administering elections. This bill would remove one such impediment.

New York State's election law currently allows a registered voter who
moves within a county or within New York to vote in his or her new
election district without re-registering. Boards of elections
automatically transfer such a voter's registration when they receive
notice of a change of address or when a voter completes an affidavit
ballot envelope attesting to a new address. However, voters who move
within the state in or out of New York City or from one county to
another outside of New York City are barred from voting on election
day unless they update their registration by the registration
deadline.

This bill will amend the law to allow a voter who moves anywhere
within the State to vote in his or her new election district. Boards
of elections would automatically transfer registrations for such a
voter, as they currently do for voters who move within their county or
within the New York City. Affidavit ballots would be verified using
the statewide voter file.

 FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE :

Minimal.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1732--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, AVELLA, KAMINSKY, PARKER -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to voter registration
   transfers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1, 4, and 8 of section 5-208 of the election
 law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996,
 subdivision 4 as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994,  are  amended
 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   1.  The board of elections shall transfer the registration and enroll-
 ment of any voter APPEARING ON A STATEWIDE VOTER LIST PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION 5-614 OF THIS  ARTICLE  for  whom  it  receives  a
 notice  of  change  of address to another address in [the same county or
 city] NEW YORK STATE, or for any voter who casts a ballot in an  affida-
 vit  ballot  envelope which sets forth such a new address.  Such notices
 shall include, but not be limited to, notices received  from  any  state
 agency  which  conducts  a  voter  registration  program pursuant to the
 provisions of sections 5-211 and 5-212 of this title, that the voter has
 notified such agency of a change of address in [the same city or county]
 NEW YORK STATE unless the  voter  has  indicated  that  such  change  of
 address  is  not  for  voter registration purposes, notices of change of
 address from the United  States  Postal  Service  through  the  National
 Change  of  Address  System, any notices of a forwarding address on mail
 sent to a voter by the board of elections and  returned  by  the  postal
 service,  national or state voter registration forms, confirmation mail-
 ing response cards, United States Postal Service notices to  correspond-
 ents  of  change  of address, applications for registration from persons
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01566-03-7

 S. 1732--A                          2
 
 already registered in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE, or any other
 notices to correspondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.
   4.  If  such  application for registration from a voter already regis-
 tered in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE also reflects a change  of
 enrollment,  the  board  of elections shall treat such application as an
 application for change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304  of  this
 article.
   8.  If  the  board of elections receives notice of a change of address
 within [such city or county] NEW YORK STATE from, or with respect to,  a
 person  who it determines is not registered in [such county or city] NEW
 YORK STATE, it shall forthwith send such person a notice to that  effect
 in  a  form  approved by the state board of elections at the new address
 set forth in such notice of change of address,  together  with  a  voter
 registration form.
   9. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS AS TO THE
 PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERRING A VOTER FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section
 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter  164  of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
 or  she  has  duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address in such election
 district from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a  duly
 qualified  voter in such election district, that his or her registration
 poll record appears to be lost or misplaced or  that  his  or  her  name
 and/or  his  or  her  signature  was omitted from the computer generated
 registration list or that he or she has  moved  within  [the  county  or
 city]  NEW  YORK STATE since he or she last registered, the address from
 which he or she was previously registered and the address at which he or
 she currently resides, and at a primary election, the party in which  he
 or she is enrolled. The inspectors of election shall offer such an affi-
 davit  to  each  such  voter whose residence address is in such election
 district.  Each such affidavit shall be in  a  form  prescribed  by  the
 state  board  of  elections, shall be printed on an envelope of the size
 and quality used for an absentee ballot envelope, and shall  contain  an
 acknowledgment  that  the  affiant  understands that any false statement
 made  therein  is  perjury  punishable  according  to  law.  Such   form
 prescribed  by  the  state  board of elections shall request information
 required to register such voter should the county board  determine  that
 such  voter  is  not  registered  and shall constitute an application to
 register to vote. The voter's name and the entries required  shall  then
 be  entered  without  delay  and  without  further inquiry in the fourth
 section of the challenge report or in the place provided at the  end  of
 the  computer  generated  registration  list, with the notation that the
 voter has executed the affidavit hereinabove  prescribed,  or,  if  such
 person's  name  appears on the computer generated registration list, the
 board of elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his or
 her name on such list.  The voter shall then, without  further  inquiry,
 be  permitted  to vote an affidavit ballot provided for by this chapter.
 Such ballot shall thereupon be placed in the envelope containing his  or
 her  affidavit,  and  the  envelope  sealed and returned to the board of
 elections in the manner provided by this chapter for protested  official
 ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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.

Senate Bill S1732A

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2017-S1732 - Details

2017-S1732 - Summary

2017-S1732 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1732 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1732A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments