Assembly Bill A5007

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to enabling constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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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2023-A5007 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2381
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1552

2023-A5007 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables constitutionally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.

2023-A5007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5007
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enabling constitution-
   ally-qualified electors to register to vote and to cast  a  ballot  on
   the same day at a polling location

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  8-302  of  the  election  law  is
 amended  by adding four new paragraphs (f), (g), (h), and (i) to read as
 follows:
   (F) "CONDITIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION" MEANS A PROPERLY EXECUTED AFFIDA-
 VIT IN THE FORM DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AT  AN
 EARLY  VOTING  OR  ELECTION DAY POLLING LOCATION AND WHICH MAY BE DEEMED
 EFFECTIVE AFTER THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PROCESSES THE  AFFIDAVIT,  DETER-
 MINES THE REGISTRANT'S ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER, AND VALIDATES THE REGIS-
 TRANT'S INFORMATION, AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (G)  IN ADDITION TO OTHER METHODS OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROVIDED UNDER
 THIS CHAPTER, AN ELECTOR WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO  VOTE
 AND  TO CAST A BALLOT UNDER SECTIONS ONE AND THREE OF ARTICLE TWO OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION MAY COMPLETE A CONDITIONAL  VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION  AND  CAST  AN  AFFIDAVIT BALLOT AT AN EARLY VOTING OR ELECTION DAY
 POLLING LOCATION AT ANY TIME PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION FIVE  OF  ARTICLE
 TWO  OF  THE NEW YORK STATE CONSTITUTION, OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE TIME
 FOR REGISTRATION IN THIS CHAPTER NOTWITHSTANDING.
   (H) (1) A CONDITIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE  IF
 THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS ABLE TO DETERMINE BEFORE OR DURING THE CANVASS
 PERIOD  FOR  THE ELECTION THAT THE REGISTRANT IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE AND THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE REGISTRANT ON  THE  REGIS-
 TRATION AFFIDAVIT MATCHES INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A DATABASE MAINTAINED
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  OR THE FEDERAL SOCIAL SECURITY
 ADMINISTRATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04111-01-3
              

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