What's happening
This bill requires the New York Department of Motor Vehicles to send voter registration forms to election boards daily.
Why it matters
Speeds up voter registration processing. By requiring the DMV to send completed voter registration forms to election boards every day, the bill aims to reduce delays and ensure newly registered or updated voters are added to the rolls more quickly.
Reduces risk of missed deadlines. The daily transmission replaces the previous system, which allowed up to ten days before forms were submitted. This change minimizes the chances of last-minute registrations being delayed or missed before an election.
Promotes election accuracy and accessibility. Faster updates to voter rolls can help prevent issues at polling places, such as voters not appearing on registration lists due to processing lags, which can increase voter confidence and access.
Mandates original signatures for validity. The bill explicitly requires that all transmittals include original signatures, strengthening the authenticity and integrity of voter registration records.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Send Voter Data Daily
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to election law
- Referred to election law
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
2695
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the department of motor vehicles to transmit voter registrations to the board of elections on a daily basis
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 5-212 of the election law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
6. The department of motor vehicles shall transmit daily that portion of the form which constitutes the completed application for registration or change of address form to the appropriate board of elections [not later than ten days after receipt except that all such completed applications and forms received by the department between the thirtieth and twenty-fifth day before an election shall be transmitted in such manner and at such time as to assure their receipt by such board of elections not later than the twentieth day before such election]. All transmittals shall include original signatures.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04681-01-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.