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                                   2112
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  R. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  allowing  for  polling
   place  voter  registration  for any qualified person who is not regis-
   tered to vote
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  5-210 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE  RELATING
 TO REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, ANY QUALIFIED PERSON WHO IS NOT REGISTERED
 IN  THIS  STATE  MAY APPLY PERSONALLY FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT BY
 APPEARING AT THE APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE FOR THE ELECTION DISTRICT  IN
 WHICH THEY RESIDE ON THE DAY OF ANY PRIMARY, GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION
 DURING  THE  HOURS THAT SUCH POLLING PLACE IS OPEN FOR VOTING, OR AT ANY
 POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8-600  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER IN THE COUNTY WHERE THEY RESIDE DURING THE HOURS THAT SUCH
 POLLING PLACE IS OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING.   TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO  REGISTER
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION, A PERSON MUST PROVIDE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF
 IDENTIFICATION CONTAINING PROOF OF RESIDENCE, AS DETERMINED BY STATE LAW
 IMPLEMENTING THE HELP AMERICANS VOTE ACT OF 2002 (PUBLIC  LAW  107-252).
 ANY  PERSON WHO SO REGISTERS TO VOTE SHALL EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING INSTRU-
 MENT IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:
   "I, (NAME), DO HEREBY CERTIFY, UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT, TO  THE
 BEST  OF  MY KNOWLEDGE, I AM A QUALIFIED VOTER, HAVING RESIDED AT (PLACE
 OF RESIDENCE) FOR  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDING  THIS
 ELECTION,  THAT  I  AM NOT DISQUALIFIED ON ANY LEGAL GROUNDS FROM VOTING
 AND THAT I HAVE NOT ALREADY VOTED AT THIS ELECTION."
   (B) IF A REGISTRANT IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE VALID PROOF OF  RESIDENCE  AS
 REQUIRED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH REGISTRANT MAY BE
 ALLOWED TO REGISTER FOR AND VOTE IN ANY ELECTION  BY  AFFIDAVIT  BALLOT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 SUCH  AFFIDAVIT BALLOT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED UNTIL ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN
 DETERMINE SUCH REGISTRANT'S RESIDENCE AND ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
   (C)  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE BY WHICH A
 PERSON WHO REGISTERS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION MAY CAST THEIR VOTE AT
 THE APPROPRIATE POLLING PLACE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect the first of January  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.