Bill Text: NY A03846 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring boards of elections to include the number of registration forms distributed to and returned by each agency assisting with voter registration in their annual reports; provides personally identifiable information about the registrants shall not be collected or included in the report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A03846 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03846-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3846

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  board  of  elections
          reports

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4  of
     2  section  3-212 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws
     3  of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
     4    Said annual report, as required by paragraph (a) of this  subdivision,
     5  shall  include  a  detailed description of existing programs designed to
     6  enhance voter registration.  Such report shall include a voter registra-
     7  tion action plan which details the various activities  and  programs  of
     8  each  board, including a description of those steps which shall be taken
     9  in the future to increase  registration  opportunities,  especially  for
    10  those  identifiable  groups  of persons historically underrepresented on
    11  the rolls of registered voters; and coordinate voter education  programs
    12  with  school  districts,  colleges  and  universities within the board's
    13  jurisdiction including voter registration of  qualified  applicants  and
    14  instructional  or  extracurricular activities promoting participation in
    15  the electoral process. Such report shall further include the  number  of
    16  registration  forms distributed to and returned by each agency assisting
    17  with voter registration pursuant  to  section  5-211  of  this  chapter.
    18  Personally  identifiable  information  pertaining to the assisted regis-
    19  trants shall not be collected or included in the report.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08812-01-3