Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 13, 2022 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to election law |
Feb 04, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A4525
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALKER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Jonathan Jacobson
Michael Cusick
Charles Barron
2021-A4525 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A4525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4525 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, COOK, JACOBSON, CUSICK, BARRON, HYNDMAN, DE LA ROSA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, PICHARDO, PERRY, RAMOS, GALEF, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to pre-clearance of voting-related regulations and policies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 7 to read as follows: TITLE VII PRE-CLEARANCE SECTION 8-700. PRE-CLEARANCE. § 8-700. PRE-CLEARANCE. 1. TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS WHO RESIDE IN NEW YORK TO VOTE IS NOT DENIED OR ABRIDGED ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, COLOR, OR LANGUAGE MINORITY STATUS THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF A VOTING- RELATED REGULATION, PROCEDURE OR POLICY THAT IS ENACTED OR ADMINISTERED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING VOTING-RELATED REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PRE-CLEARANCE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. 2. BEFORE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR ANY LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS ENACTS OR IMPLEMENTS ANY CHANGES IN VOTING QUALIFICATION, PREREQUISITES TO VOTING, ADMINISTRATION, REGULATIONS, POLICIES, PRACTICES OR PROCE- DURES WITH RESPECT TO VOTING AFFECTING: (A) A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION COMPRISED, IN THE AGGREGATE, OF AT LEAST TEN PERCENT OF MEMBERS OF A PROTECTED CLASS OVER THE PRECEDING DECADE, AS DETERMINED BY THE FIVE- YEAR ESTIMATES OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, (B) A COUNTY WHICH HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO A COURT ORDER OR GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT ACTION BASED UPON A FINDING OF A DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE, DENIAL OR ABRIDGMENT OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE OF A MEMBER OF THE PROTECTED CLASS WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS, OR (C) A COUNTY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO PRE-CLEARANCE UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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