Bill Text: NY A10008 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to providing timely written notice of closed primary party rules to newly registered voters; defines the terms "newly registered voter" and "written notice" and sets out what information the board of elections is required to provide to newly registered voters about closed primaries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-04 - referred to election law [A10008 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10008-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10008
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 4, 2016
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        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to providing written
          notice of closed primary party rules to newly registered voters
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding two
     2  new subdivisions 38 and 39 to read as follows:
     3    38. The term "newly registered voter" means any person in the state of
     4  New York who has registered to vote after the  effective  date  of  this
     5  subdivision.
     6    39.  The term "written notice" means a statement from the commissioner
     7  of the state board of elections.
     8    § 2. Section 3-102 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     9  subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
    10    16-b.  provide  to  newly  registered  voters,  in a timely manner, an
    11  explanation as to what a closed primary election is,  how  party  affil-
    12  iation  is related to said closed primary, and dates for which they need
    13  to enroll in a party, if necessary.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15175-01-6