Bill Text: NY S01561 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01561 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01561-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         1561
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 5-210 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    3.  Completed  application forms, when received by any county board of
    5  elections and, with respect to  application  forms  promulgated  by  the
    6  federal  election  commission,  when  received  by  the  state  board of
    7  elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark  of  the  United  States
    8  Postal  Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
    9  lation mark which is not later than  the  [twenty-fifth]  FIFTEENTH  day
   10  before  the  next  ensuing  primary,  general  or  special election, and
   11  received no later than the [twentieth] TENTH day before  such  election,
   12  or  delivered in person to such county board of elections not later than
   13  the tenth day before [a special] SUCH election, shall entitle the appli-
   14  cant to vote in such election, if he  or  she  is  otherwise  qualified,
   15  provided,  however,  such  applicant  shall not vote on a voting machine
   16  until his or her identity is verified. Any  county  board  of  elections
   17  receiving  an  application form from a person who does not reside in its
   18  jurisdiction but who does reside elsewhere in the  state  of  New  York,
   19  shall forthwith forward such application form to the proper county board
   20  of  elections.  Each board of elections shall make an entry on each such
   21  form of the date it is received by such board.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00950-01-1