Bill Text: NY S02349 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-29 - referred to election law [S02349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02349-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2349--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing that a  voter
          may  register  to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a
          continuous connection with an intent to remain

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  5-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. Nothing in this section shall prevent a voter from  registering  to
     4  vote  from  any  residence  to  which  the  voter maintains a continuous
     5  connection with an intent to remain, including a second or vacation home
     6  or home where a student lives while attending a college or university.
     7    § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section  8-400  of  the
     8  election  law,  as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, is amended
     9  to read as follows:
    10    A qualified voter may vote as an absentee  voter  under  this  chapter
    11  from a residence at which the voter is registered to vote, including any
    12  residence  to  which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an
    13  intent to remain such as a second or  vacation  home  or  home  where  a
    14  student lives while attending a college or university, if, on the occur-
    15  rence  of  any  village  election  conducted  by the board of elections,
    16  primary election, special election, general election or  New  York  city
    17  community  school  board  district  or  city  of Buffalo school district
    18  election, he or she expects to be:
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01414-03-3