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History
- Notice of committee consideration - withdrawn
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to elections
- Referred to elections
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Requires form affidavit requesting affidavit ballot which contains application for registration be accepted as registration application
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Herman D. Farrell
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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to requests for affidavit ballots including application for registration and enrollment
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would make it easier to register prospective voters who appear to vote incorrectly believing that they are eligible.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill provides that the affidavit ballot envelope be designed to serve as an application for registration and enrollment and that if a prospective voter who completes the affidavit is determined by the Board of Elections not to be registered or enrolled as the voter claims, that the voter shall be registered or have his enrollment changed pursuant to the information on the affidavit envelope.
Justification
Affidavit ballots are cast by those persons who present themselves at a polling place on election day to vote but whose names are not found in the poll books provided at the polling place, or who are not listed as being enrolled in the party in which they claim to be enrolled. The affidavit voters state that they believe they are a duly registered voter, however, for some reason that poll card has not reached the polling place on election day. Once the affidavit ballot is cast, the board of elections checks its records to determine if the voter is registered and whether the affidavit ballot should be counted. If the person is not duly registered or not enrolled in the party in which he claimed to be enrolled, the affidavit ballot is not counted. The process would be simpler if it were possible to register the voter based on the information in the envelope, rather than requiring a completely new registration form. The switch from "buff cards" to computer lists makes this new process much easier to implement.
Prior legislative history
A.2609 similar bill passed Assembly in 1993
Fiscal implications
Some small savings in postage for local boards of election.
Effective date
Immediately.
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