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                                   7052
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law and the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings and intent. A multistate voter list
 maintenance organization is a coordinating  entity  between  the  states
 that aids them in removing ineligible voters from their voter rolls. The
 Electronic  Registration  Information  Center (ERIC) is a public charity
 non-profit membership organization comprising 32 states and the District
 of Columbia. ERIC's purpose is to assist states in improving the accura-
 cy of America's voter rolls and increasing access to voter  registration
 for all eligible citizens. Keeping voter rolls up to date is a challenge
 because, every day, voters move or pass away. Voters don't always remem-
 ber  to  update  their registration. At least every 60 days, each member
 submits their voter registration data and licensing  and  identification
 data  from  departments of motor vehicles (DMV) to ERIC.  ERIC refers to
 this data as Member Data. ERIC's technical staff uses sophisticated data
 matching software to compare Member Data from all member  states,  some-
 times  with  data from other sources, to create the following four "list
 maintenance" reports. (1) Cross-State Movers Report:  Identifies  voters
 who  appear  to  have  moved  from one ERIC state to another using voter
 registration data and DMV data; (2) In-State Movers Report:   Identifies
 voters  who  appear to have moved within the state using voter registra-
 tion and department of motor vehicle data; (3) Duplicate Report:   Iden-
 tifies voters with duplicate registrations in the same state using voter
 registration  data;  and (4) Deceased Report: Identifies voters who have
 died using voter registration data and Social Security death data  known
 as  the  Limited Access Death Master File. As the official record of all
 eligible voters in a state, a state's voter registration rolls  are  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 foundation  of  free,  fair,  and  accurate elections. Illegal voting is
 exceedingly rare but maintaining accurate voter rolls reduces the oppor-
 tunity for such behavior and  it  helps  build  confidence  in  election
 outcomes.
   § 2. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 10
 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE X
  MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZATION
 SECTION 5-1000. JOINING  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZA-
                   TION.
         5-1001. DESIGNATING A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE.
         5-1002. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH  MULTI-
                   STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
   §  5-1000.  JOINING  A MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
 THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY JOIN THE  STATE  AS  A
 MEMBER  IN  ONE  OR MORE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ELECTRONIC  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION
 CENTER  OR ITS SUCCESSOR. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FUNDS
 AS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERSHIP FEES, DUES AND  OTHER  EXPENSES  RELATED  TO
 SUCH MEMBERSHIP.
   §  5-1001.  DESIGNATING  A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE. THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DESIGNATE A MEMBER OF THE STATE BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  AS  A  REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ANY MULTI-
 STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THE STATE IS A MEMBER  OF
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION
 CENTER OR ITS SUCCESSOR.
   § 5-1002. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH  MULTISTATE
 VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION.  1.    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE  DESIGNATED  UNDER  SECTION
 5-1001  OF  THIS  TITLE MAY PROVIDE TO THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTE-
 NANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  OF
 THE  FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION 5-614 OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (A) ALL NAME FIELDS;
   (B) ALL ADDRESS FIELDS;
   (C) ACTIVITY DATES AS DEFINED BY THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS;
   (D) AFFIRMATIVE DOCUMENTATION OF CITIZENSHIP,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  NO
 DOCUMENTATION  SHALL  BE  SENT  TO ANY MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION AFFIRMING THAT A PERSON IS NOT A CITIZEN; AND
   (E) TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION OF CITIZENSHIP PRESENTED, IF ANY.
   2. THE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATED UNDER SECTION 5-1001  OF  THIS
 TITLE  MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE  ANY  INFORMATION TO THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST
 MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED TO SUCH MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETEEN-A
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 219-a to read as follows:
   § 219-A. STATE MEMBERSHIP  IN  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION.  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE TO THE
 STATE'S MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE TO A  MULTISTATE  VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION,  DESIGNATED  UNDER SECTION 5-1001 OF THE ELECTION LAW, THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (A) ALL NAME FIELDS; (B) ALL ADDRESS FIELDS;  (C)
 AFFIRMATIVE  DOCUMENTATION  OF CITIZENSHIP; (D) TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION OF
 CITIZENSHIP PRESENTED; (E) DMV ID NUMBER; (F) LAST FOUR  DIGITS  OF  THE
 VOTER'S  SOCIAL  SECURITY  NUMBER;  (G) CURRENT RECORD STATUS; (H) PHONE
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 NUMBER; AND (I) E-MAIL ADDRESS, PROVIDED THAT THE CONDITIONS  AND  TERMS
 OF  MEMBERSHIP  ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND
 TITLE TEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE ELECTION LAW PERTAINING TO SUCH MEMBER-
 SHIP OR RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  7052--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Election  Law  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law and the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in
   relation to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 5 of the election law is amended by  adding  a  new
 title 10 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE X
  MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZATION
 SECTION 5-1000. JOINING  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZA-
                   TION.
         5-1001. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH  MULTI-
                   STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
   §  5-1000.  JOINING  A MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
 NEW YORK STATE MAY JOIN AS A MEMBER STATE  IN  ONE  OR  MORE  MULTISTATE
 VOTER  LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION CENTER OR ITS SUCCESSOR. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND FUNDS AS AVAILABLE FOR  MEMBERSHIP  FEES,
 DUES AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO SUCH MEMBERSHIPS.
   §  5-1001. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH MULTISTATE
 VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY PROVIDE TO THE MULTI-
 STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, OF WHICH THE STATE BOARD IS A
 MEMBER, THE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE ORGANIZATION,
 AS SPECIFIED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT.
   2.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE TO THE MULTISTATE
 VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, TO  WHICH  THE  STATE  BOARD  IS  A
 MEMBER,  ANY  INFORMATION  PROVIDED TO THEM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 VEHICLES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETEEN-A OF THE VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 219-a to read as follows:
   § 219-A. STATE MEMBERSHIP  IN  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN A MULTISTATE VOTER
 LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, AS AUTHORIZED IN SECTION  5-1001  OF  THE
 ELECTION  LAW,  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE TO THE STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS ALL INFORMATION  REQUIRED  BY  THE  ORGANIZATION,  AS
 SPECIFIED  IN THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO THE DRIVER'S:
   1. DMV ID NUMBER;
   2. LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE DRIVER'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER;
   3. CURRENT RECORD STATUS;
   4. PHONE NUMBER; AND
   5. E-MAIL ADDRESS, PROVIDED THAT THE CONDITIONS AND TERMS  OF  MEMBER-
 SHIP ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND TITLE TEN OF
 ARTICLE FIVE OF THE ELECTION LAW PERTAINING TO SUCH MEMBERSHIP OR RECIP-
 ROCAL RECOGNITION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS.
   §  3. New York state must make good faith efforts to join a multistate
 voter list maintenance organization promptly after the effective date of
 this act and must complete its registration with a multistate voter list
 maintenance organization on or before December 31, 2025.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  7052--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Election  Law  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
   reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law and the vehicle and traffic law, in
   relation to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent.  As the official record of
 all  eligible  voters in a state, a state's voter registration rolls are
 the foundation of free, fair, and accurate elections. Illegal voting  is
 exceedingly rare but maintaining accurate voter rolls reduces the oppor-
 tunity  for  such  behavior  and  it  helps build confidence in election
 outcomes. However, keeping  voter  rolls  up  to  date  is  a  challenge
 because, every day, voters move or die. Voters do not always remember to
 update their registration when they move. These challenges are especial-
 ly  acute  in  states  with large and highly mobile populations. Partic-
 ipation in a multistate voter list maintenance organization can  improve
 the  accuracy of New York's voter registration rolls. A multistate voter
 list maintenance organization is a coordinating  entity  between  states
 that  aids  them  in identifying voters who may no longer be eligible to
 vote, who have moved, or who have died. A voter list maintenance  organ-
 ization  may  also  offer  other  information  useful to improving voter
 registration or enhancing the integrity of election administration.
   § 2. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 10
 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10609-11-3
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                                  TITLE X
  MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZATION
 SECTION 5-1000. JOINING  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZA-
                   TION.
         5-1001. DESIGNATING A MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE.
         5-1002. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH  MULTI-
                   STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.
         5-1003. USE  OF INFORMATION FROM A MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTE-
                   NANCE ORGANIZATION.
   § 5-1000. JOINING A MULTISTATE VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION.
 THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL JOIN THE STATE AS A MEMBER IN ONE OR
 MORE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  THE  ELECTRONIC  REGISTRATION  INFORMATION  CENTER  OR ITS
 SUCCESSOR. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL EXPEND FUNDS  FOR  MEMBER-
 SHIP FEES, DUES AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO SUCH MEMBERSHIP.
   §  5-1001.  DESIGNATING  A  MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE. THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL DESIGNATE THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICIAL OF  THE  STATE  OF
 NEW  YORK  AS THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ANY MULTI-
 STATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THE STATE IS A MEMBER  OF
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, THE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION INFORMATION
 CENTER OR ITS SUCCESSOR.
   § 5-1002. AUTHORIZATION TO SHARE REGISTRATION RECORDS WITH  MULTISTATE
 VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE  ORGANIZATION.  1.    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE MEMBER  REPRESENTATIVE  DESIGNATED  UNDER  SECTION
 5-1001  OF  THIS  TITLE MAY PROVIDE TO THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTE-
 NANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE A MEMBER OF THE  FOLLOWING  INFORMATION
 FROM  THE  STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION 5-614
 OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (A) ALL NAME FIELDS;
   (B) ALL ADDRESS FIELDS;
   (C) DATE OF BIRTH;
   (D) STATE VOTER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER;
   (E) VOTER'S LAST REGISTRATION DATE;
   (F) ACTIVITY DATES AS DEFINED BY THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION; AND
   (G) VOTER HISTORY.
   2. THE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATED UNDER SECTION 5-1001  OF  THIS
 TITLE  MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE  ANY  INFORMATION TO THE MULTISTATE VOTER LIST
 MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED TO SUCH MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED  NINETEEN-A
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   3.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON
 ANY PERSON IN THE CONFIDENTIAL VOTER PROGRAM PURSUANT TO  SECTION  5-508
 OF  THIS ARTICLE FOR ANY PURPOSE UNDER THIS TITLE. NOTHING IN THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  REQUIRE  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  TO
 PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ON ANY PERSON IN SUCH PROGRAM.
   4.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE ANY RULE
 OR REGULATION NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
   § 5-1003. USE OF INFORMATION FROM A MULTISTATE VOTER LIST  MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL USE ANY  INFORMATION  PROVIDED  BY  A
 MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION THAT THE STATE HAS JOINED
 PURSUANT  TO SECTION 5-1001 OF THIS TITLE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION IN  LIST  MAINTENANCE  ACTIVITIES  PERFORMED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-614 OF THIS ARTICLE.
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   2. TO AVOID INADVERTENT OR ACCIDENTAL REGISTRATION OF PERSONS INELIGI-
 BLE  TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE, ANY MAILING TO ANY POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE BUT
 UNREGISTERED PERSON SHALL STATE THE VOTER REGISTRATION CRITERIA, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
   §  3.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
 219-a to read as follows:
   § 219-A. STATE MEMBERSHIP  IN  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER  LIST  MAINTENANCE
 ORGANIZATION.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE
 CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  TO  THE  STATE'S
 REPRESENTATIVE  TO  A  MULTISTATE  VOTER  LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION,
 DESIGNATED UNDER SECTION 5-1001  OF  THE  ELECTION  LAW,  THE  FOLLOWING
 INFORMATION:  (A)  ALL  NAME  FIELDS; (B) ALL ADDRESS FIELDS; (C) DMV ID
 NUMBER; (D) LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE  DMV  ID  HOLDER'S  SOCIAL  SECURITY
 NUMBER;  (E) DATE OF BIRTH; (F) CURRENT RECORD STATUS; (G) PHONE NUMBER;
 AND (H) E-MAIL ADDRESS,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  CONDITIONS  AND  TERMS  OF
 MEMBERSHIP  ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER AND TITLE
 TEN OF ARTICLE FIVE OF THE ELECTION LAW PERTAINING TO SUCH MEMBERSHIP OR
 RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS.
   § 4. New York state shall join a  multistate  voter  list  maintenance
 organization  promptly  after  the  effective date of this act and shall
 complete its registration  with  a  multistate  voter  list  maintenance
 organization on or before July 31, 2025.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.