Bill Text: NY S01770 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time statewide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - PRINT NUMBER 1770A [S01770 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01770-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1770--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voting rights expan- sion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time state-wide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, voter affidavits and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding two new sections 2 5-217 and 5-217-a to read as follows: 3 § 5-217. Registering at the polling place; election day registration. 4 1. The provisions of this section and section 5-217-a of this title 5 shall be used as an additional procedure for voter registration. For 6 the purposes of this section and section 5-217-a of this title, the term 7 "election day" shall refer to state primary and to state general 8 elections, to all town, city, school district, and village district 9 elections, and to all elections where persons may vote by absentee 10 ballot. A person registering to vote on election day shall do so in 11 accordance with the provisions of this section and all other applicable 12 law including, but not limited to completion of a voter registration 13 form as provided for in section 5-210 of this title. The provisions of 14 this section and those of 5-217-a of this title shall apply notwith- 15 standing any provisions of law to the contrary. 16 2. Any person whose name is not on the checklist but who is otherwise 17 a qualified voter shall be entitled to vote by requesting to be regis- 18 tered to vote at the polling place on election date. The voter may then EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06669-02-6
