Bill Text: NY A01363 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires at least one form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01363 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01363-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1363
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring at least  one
          form of electronic means to verify voter registration at every polling
          place
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  8-302  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
     3    1-a. At all elections held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,
     4  at least one form of electronic verification of voter registration shall
     5  be utilized.
     6    2.  The  voter  shall  give  his name and his residence address to the
     7  inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly and distinctly  announce  the
     8  name  and  residence of the voter and verify such through the electronic
     9  means required under subdivision one-a of this section.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00846-01-9