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History
- Referred to elections
- Referred to elections
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Provides additional opportunity for new registrant by mail to indicate choice of party enrollment where original choice omitted
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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BILL NUMBER:S2543
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to failure of new registrants to enroll
Purpose
The bill authorizes voters whose applications are timely mailed and received to vote in the next following primary, general or special election.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Election Law subdivision 3 of section 5-210, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, to provide that an applica- tion postmarked by no later than fifteen days before the next primary, general or special election, which is received no later than ten days before such election, or which is delivered in person at least 10 days before such election to the county board of elections, shall entitle such applicant to vote at such election.
Section 3: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.
Under current law, an application postmarked by twenty-five days before the next primary, general or special election, which is received at least 20 days before such election, or delivered in person to the county board of elections at least 10 days before a special election entitles the applicant to vote in that special election. It fails to address the right of the applicant to vote in primary and general elections in the same circumstances, which appears to be a technical error.
Justification
Article II, Section 5 of the New York State Constitution requires that in order to vote in an election a voter's registration must be completed at least ten days before such election. This bill reduces the time period prior to an election during which a person can register to vote and be entitled to vote to the constitutional ten day minimum, and clarifies that when a registration is received at least ten days before a primary, general or special election, the voter is enti- tled to vote in that election.
Legislative history
2009-2010: S.3996 - Passed Elections; Committed to Rules, Referred back to Elections 2010-2011: S. 1558 - Referred to Elections
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it has become a law.
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