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History
- Signed chap.288
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.219
- Substituted for A2481A
- Referred to election law
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.234
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- Referred to elections
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Relates to the checks of registrants and information notice by mail
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to checks of registrants and information notice by mail
Purpose
This bill changes the date that a board of elections must send notice of the date and poll hours for upcoming primary and general elections to between August first and August fifth, instead of between sixty-five and seventy days before the general election, in order to assure timely delivery of the notice to voters before September primaries.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 4-117 subdivision 1 to require that registrant check and notification notices be sent to voters between August 1st and August 5th of each year.
Section 2: Provides that the Act takes effect immediately.
Existing law
Under current law, the notices are sent out between sixty and seventy-five days before the general election, which can be so close to a September primary that the notice is not received until after it has occurred.
Justification
Although the boards of elections mail out the notices as required, voters often call the boards to express their concerns that their notice was not received until long after the primary election.
Legislative history
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Fiscal implications
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Local fiscal implications
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Effective date
This bill is effective immediately.
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