Assembly Bill A7887

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A7887 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1777
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L

2025-A7887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States.

2025-A7887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7887
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to requiring persons
   appointed as election commissioners  to  be  citizens  of  the  United
   States
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-200  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. No person shall be appointed as election commissioner  or  continue
 to hold office who is not a registered voter in the county [and], not an
 enrolled  member  of the party recommending [his] SUCH PERSON'S appoint-
 ment, NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, or who holds any other  public
 office,  except  that  of  commissioner of deeds, notary public, village
 officer, city or town justice, member of a community  board  within  the
 city of New York or trustee or officer of a school district outside of a
 city.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05179-01-5

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