Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 01, 2022 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to election law |
Aug 25, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A8180
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MIKULIN
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
2021-A8180 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§5-212, 8-303 & 8-400, El L
2021-A8180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8180 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y August 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring voters to provide a current and valid social security number when casting a ballot to vote THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-212 of the election law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 3. The voter registration portion of such forms: (a) shall not require any information that duplicates the information required on the application for the driver license portion and shall require only such additional information, including the applicant's signature, as will enable election officials to assess the applicant's eligibility to register to vote, prevent duplicate registration and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process. (b) shall include a statement of the eligibility requirements for voter registration and shall require the applicant to attest by his OR HER signature that he OR SHE meets those requirements under penalty of perjury. (c) shall inform the applicant, in print identical to that used in the attestation section of the following: (i) voter eligibility requirements; (ii) penalties for submission of false registration application; (iii) that the office where applicant registers shall remain confiden- tial and the information be used only for voter registration purposes; (iv) if the applicant declines to register, his OR HER declination shall remain confidential and be used only for voter registration purposes[;]. (D) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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