Bill Text: NY A02953 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits additional persons to provide notification to the board of elections in the case of the death of a registered voter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A02953 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02953-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2953 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permitting additional persons to provide notification to the board of elections in the case of the death of a registered voter The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5-400 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. If a voter dies, state and county boards of elections shall permit 4 the next of kin or attorney in fact for such voter to fill out any 5 necessary certificate of death forms or documents for proper removal of 6 such deceased voter from voter rolls pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdi- 7 vision one of this section. If such deceased voter has no next of kin or 8 powers of attorney, hospital administrators and funeral directors shall 9 also be permitted to provide the board of elections with such forms or 10 documents necessary for the removal of such deceased voter from voter 11 rolls. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06268-01-9