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- Print number 858a
- Amend and recommit to elections
- Referred to elections
- Referred to elections
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Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state, even if it's a new county
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to a universal jurisdiction voting act
Purpose
To increase voter participation in the election process by allowing those who move to another county or city within the state to vote in their new election district.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends subdivisions 1, 4 and 8 of section 5-208 of the election law by replacing references to "city" and "county' with "New York State." A new subdivision 9 is added to chapter 659 of the laws of 1994 to allow the state board of elections to promulgate regulations and procedures for transferring a voter from one county to another.
Section 2. Amends subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 8-302 of the election law by replacing references to "city" and "county" with "New York State."
Section 3. Effective date.
Justification
New York State's Election Law currently only allows those citizens who move within a city or county to vote in their new election district. Voters who move between the five boroughs of New York City and within any county may show up at the correct polling center and vote via affidavit ballot. Voters who move from Brooklyn to Suffolk County, however, are barred from voting on Election Day unless they update their registration in time for the election.
The Universal Jurisdiction voting Act will amend New York State's Election Law by allowing voters who move anywhere within the State to vote at the polling center in their new election district. This legislation would verify affidavit ballots using the Statewide voter file to enfranchise New Yorkers who have registered but have moved and failed to update their address with the Board of Elections in a timely manner.
Legislative history
2013-14: S1990/A83 - Elections/Election Law 2011-12: S5236/A8633 - Elections/Election Law
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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