Bill Text: NY A00827 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles, in cooperation with the New York state board of elections, to ensure that no persons who are not eligible to register to vote within the state are registered to vote by the actions of the department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A00827 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00827-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           827

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation  to  preventing
          voter registration

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 224-b to read as follows:
     3    § 224-b. Voter registration. The commissioner, in cooperation with the
     4  New  York state board of elections, shall ensure that no persons who are
     5  not eligible to register to vote within the state are registered to vote
     6  by the actions of the department.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02277-01-1