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                                 4148--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, GALEF, SKOUFIS, ABINANTI --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and  referred  to
  the  Committee  on  Election  Law  --  recommitted to the Committee on
  Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to registration to vote

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 84 of the town law, as amended  by
chapter  281  of the laws of 1998, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is
added to read as follows:
  5. In order to assist boards of registration  in  the  preparation  of
their  registers,  the  town  clerk,  prior to the first meeting of such
boards of registration, shall obtain from the board of elections of  the
county in which such town is located, the list of names and addresses of
all  voters  registered  with  such  board of elections on or before the
[twenty-third] TENTH day before such special election.  The  town  clerk
shall  deliver the names and addresses of qualified voters to the appro-
priate board or boards of registration on or before the first meeting of
such board or boards. At the first and subsequent meetings of the  board
of  registration  for each voting place designated by the town board for
such special town election, such board of registration  shall  place  on
the register described in subdivision four hereof the names of all qual-
ified  voters  and all other qualified voters who personally appear, and
those military voters and such other voters who are absent by reason  of
confining  illness or physical disability or whose duties, occupation or
business required them to be outside of the state of  New  York,  having
the  qualifications  of  voters  prescribed in this section and who have
made application for absentee ballots as certified to them by  the  town
clerk.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01797-02-6
              

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  7. IN THE EVENT A TOWN BOARD DOES NOT ELECT TO PROVIDE PERSONAL REGIS-
TRATION FOR A SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION, NO PERSON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE
UNLESS  THEY  ARE  REGISTERED TO VOTE WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ON THE
TENTH DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.