Bill Text: NY S07763 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a registered voter to change his or her address up to 10 days before a primary, special or general election; and authorizes a registered voter to change his or her party affiliation up to 25 days before a primary, special or general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-21 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07763 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07763-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7763
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 21, 2018
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  authorizing  the
          provision of notice of a change of address ten days before an election
          and  authorizing  the  change  of party affiliation within twenty-five
          days of an election
          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 5-208 of the election law, as
     2  added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3. If such a notice is received at least [twenty] ten  days  before  a
     4  primary,  special  or  general  election, such change of address must be
     5  completed before such election.
     6    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as amended by
     7  chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
     8    3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections not later
     9  than the twenty-fifth day before [the] a  primary,  special  or  general
    10  election shall be [deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not
    11  be  opened until the first Tuesday following such general election. Such
    12  change of enrollment shall be then  removed  and]  entered  before  such
    13  election as provided in this article.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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