Senate Bill S1057

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that an affidavit ballot shall also constitute an application to register to vote

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-302, El L

2009-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an affidavit ballot submitted on election day at a polling place shall also constitute an application to register to vote.

2009-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1057

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to affidavit ballots

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of
section 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws
of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) He OR SHE may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
OR SHE has duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address  in  such  election
district  from which he OR SHE registered, that he OR SHE remains a duly
qualified voter in such election district, that his OR HER  registration
poll  record  appears  to  be  lost or misplaced or that his OR HER name
and/or his OR HER signature was  omitted  from  the  computer  generated
registration  list or that he OR SHE has moved within the county or city
since he OR SHE last registered, the address from which he  OR  SHE  was
previously  registered  and  the  address  at  which he OR SHE currently
resides, and at a primary election, the party in  which  he  OR  SHE  is
enrolled.    The inspectors of election shall offer such an affidavit to
each such voter whose residence address is in  such  election  district.
Each  such affidavit shall be in a form prescribed by the state board of
elections, shall be printed on an envelope of the size and quality  used
for  an  absentee  ballot  envelope, and shall contain an acknowledgment
that the affiant understands that any false statement  made  therein  is
perjury  punishable  according to law. SUCH FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO  REGISTER  SUCH
VOTER  SHOULD  THE  COUNTY BOARD DETERMINE THAT SUCH VOTER IS NOT REGIS-
TERED AND SHALL CONSTITUTE AN  APPLICATION  TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE.  The
voter's  name  and  the  entries  required shall then be entered without
delay and without further inquiry in the fourth section of the challenge
report or in the place provided at the end  of  the  computer  generated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06332-01-9
              

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