Bill Text: NY S01125 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a person may not be compensated based upon the number of signed voter registration cards he or she collects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01125-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1125
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  voter  registration
         cards
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  5-229
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  5-229.  PAYMENT  FOR  VOTER  REGISTRATION  CARDS.  A PERSON MAY NOT
    4  RECEIVE MONEY OR ANY OTHER THING OF VALUE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF  SIGNED
    5  VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS SUCH PERSON COLLECTS.
    6    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to voter
    7  registration cards collected on or after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01753-01-1