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History
- Substituted by A5926
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1123
- Print number 5519a
- Amend and recommit to elections
- Referred to elections
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Refers to delivery by mail service with respect to secretary of treasury of United States and state board of elections and designations
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Alec Brook-Krasny
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5519A
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to filing of papers
Summary of specific provisions
This bill adds a new subdivision (3) to section 1-106 of the Election Law to recognize delivery services other than the United States Postal Service for the delivery of papers pursuant to the Election Law. The bill also amends section 5-210(3) to include the State Board of Elections as an entity to receive timely voter registration forms.
Justification
The Election Law was developed when the only trusted delivery service was the United States Postal Service. Since that time, many reliable private courier services have come into existence, such as Federal Express, United Parcel Service, and other "overnight" courier services. This bill adopts the system used by both the New York State Division of Tax and Finance and the Federal Internal Revenue Service in only allowing recognized delivery services.
Currently, if a person sends a voter registration form in a timely manner to an erroneous County Board of Elections, the correct Board of Elections will deem that registration information as timely and process the information. This amendment would clarify that if that information is erroneously sent to the New York State Board of Elections, but is otherwise timely, that this information will be deemed timely and processed by the correct County Board of Elections upon their receipt.
Prior legislative history
2015 A5926 Election Law Committee (Brook-Krasny)
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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