Bill Text: NY A08849 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the postmark date for change of enrollment; dated cancellation mark 25 days before the election and received no later than the 20th day before the general election.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to election law [A08849 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08849-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8849
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    December 22, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  D'URSO,  JAFFEE,  ORTIZ, SEAWRIGHT,
          SEPULVEDA, SIMON, CASTORINA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the postmark  date  for
          change of enrollment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  90  of  the  laws  of  1991, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3. A change of enrollment showing a dated  cancellation  mark  of  the
     5  United  States  Post  Office  or contained in an envelope showing such a
     6  dated cancellation mark which is not later  than  the  twenty-fifth  day
     7  before  the  general election and received by the board of elections not
     8  later than the [twenty-fifth] twentieth day before the general  election
     9  shall be deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not be opened
    10  until  the first Tuesday following such general election. Such change of
    11  enrollment shall be then removed and entered as provided in  this  arti-
    12  cle.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13850-01-7