Bill Text: NY A01949 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A01949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01949-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1949
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. MAYER, ARROYO, M. G. MILLER, MOSLEY, ROZIC, OTIS,
          ABINANTI, McDONALD, BLAKE, QUART, MONTESANO, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, BRABE-
          NEC,  WEPRIN, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, HOOPER,
          PEOPLES-STOKES, RIVERA, SIMON, SOLAGES, THIELE, WRIGHT  --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Election Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to adding an optional
          section to voter registration forms to allow for email addresses
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the
     2  election law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiii) to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (xiii) The email address of the applicant (optional).
     5    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     6  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02494-01-7