Bill Text: NY A08625 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A08625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8625

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     October 2, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  enacting  the  "voter
          registration integrity act"

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

     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "voter registration integrity act".
     3    §  2.  Section  5-210  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     5    5-a.  In addition to documentation of New York residency, the board of
     6  elections shall require that each first-time voter registration applica-
     7  tion include one of the following:
     8    (a) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate  establishing
     9  United States citizenship;
    10    (b) a valid United States passport;
    11    (c) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
    12    (d)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
    13  establishes United States citizenship.
    14    § 3. Clause (D) of subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (k) of  subdivision
    15  5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the
    16  laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (D)  a  copy  of  a  current  utility bill, bank statement, government
    18  check, paycheck or other government document that  shows  the  name  and
    19  address of the voter; and
    20    (E)  in addition to documentation of New York residency, a copy of one
    21  of the following:
    22    (1) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate  establishing
    23  United States citizenship;
    24    (2) a valid United States passport;
    25    (3) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (4)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
     2  establishes United States citizenship.
     3    §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     5  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
     6  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
     7  on or before such effective date.