Bill Text: NY A04830 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the state board of parole to notify felons of their right to vote within thirty days immediately prior to release; provides such persons with an application form for registration and enrollment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to election law [A04830 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04830-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4830
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the executive law and the election law, in  relation  to
         notifying  persons  convicted of a felony of their right to vote after
         the completion of such person's term of  imprisonment,  and  requiring
         that voter registration forms be sent to them accordingly
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 837-a of the executive law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10.  WITHIN THIRTY DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF ANY PERSON
    4  FROM A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR ANY  PERSON  CONVICTED  OF  A  FELONY
    5  WHOSE RIGHT TO REGISTER AND VOTE SHALL BE REINSTATED PURSUANT TO SECTION
    6  5-106  OF  THE  ELECTION  LAW, NOTIFY SUCH A PERSON OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS
    7  UNDER SUCH SECTION AND PROVIDE SUCH PERSON WITH AN APPLICATION FORM  FOR
    8  REGISTRATION  AND  ENROLLMENT  AS  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN OF
    9  SECTION 5-210 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   10    S 2. Section 5-210 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   11  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   12    16.  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ANNUALLY OR MORE FREQUENTLY AS
   13  NECESSARY, PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF PAROLE WITH A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
   14  VOTER REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT FORMS AS WILL ENABLE IT TO SEND A COPY
   15  THEREOF TO ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED OF HIS OR HER RIGHT
   16  TO VOTE AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED
   17  THIRTY-SEVEN-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   18    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   19  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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