Bill Text: NY S00178 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-05 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S00178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00178-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           178

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. GIANARIS, BAILEY, BRESLIN, COMRIE, COONEY, FELDER,
          GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,  HOYLMAN,  JACKSON,  KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,
          KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALA-
          ZAR,  SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS,
          THOMAS -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 5 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation to the ten day advance registration requirement

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 5 of arti-
     2  cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 5. Laws shall be made for ascertaining, by proper proofs, the  citi-
     4  zens  who shall be entitled to the right of suffrage hereby established,
     5  and for  the  registration  of  voters[;  which  registration  shall  be
     6  completed  at  least  ten days before each election].  Such registration
     7  shall not be required for town and village elections except  by  express
     8  provision of law.
     9    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    10  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    11  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    12  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    13  published for three months previous to the time of such election.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89007-01-3