Bill Text: NY A00274 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the state board of elections to develop a program to be administered by all boards of elections to notify voters of certain information where their area has been redistricted.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A00274 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00274-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           274
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SOLAGES, M. G. MILLER, ROZIC, OTIS,
          COOK,  MONTESANO, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, GOTT-
          FRIED, PERRY, QUART -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Election Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to requiring the state
          board of elections to develop a program  to  be  administered  by  all
          boards  of  elections  to  notify  voters of certain information where
          their area has been redistricted
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  3-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
     3    16-b. develop a program to be administered by all boards of  elections
     4  to  notify  voters  that  their districts may have changed due to redis-
     5  tricting. Such program shall include but not  be  limited  to  mailings,
     6  online,  telephone  or  other  resources to assist voters in determining
     7  potential representatives for their district prior to an election;
     8    § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately.  The  state  board  of
     9  elections  shall  amend or promulgate pertinent rules and regulations as
    10  necessary to implement the provisions of this act.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01520-01-9
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