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History
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.75
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Committed to rules
- Amended on third reading 3559a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.144
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Requires written notice be given to inmates discharged from prison and parolees discharged from parole or conditional release of such persons' eligibility to vote
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Karim Camara
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law and the executive law, in relation to requiring persons released from prison or parole to be advised of their eligibility to vote
Purpose or general idea of bill
To insure that an individual, who is a citizen of the United States, shall be informed of his/her right to participate in the voting process, once the individual has completed his/her sentence of incarceration and/or parole.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the correction law is amended by adding a new section 75; section 259-j of the executive law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 1998 is amended; section 259-j of the executive law, as amended by chapter 396 of the laws of 1987 is amended.
Justification
Basic constitutional principles of fairness and equal protection require an equal opportunity for citizens to be able to utilize the most basic constitutional act of citizenship - their voting franchise. While one automatically regains his/her voting privileges upon completion of his/her sentence of incarceration and/or parole, the fact is that most are unaware of the restoration of this right.
Prior legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect thirty days after it shall have become a law.
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