Relates to allowing parolees the right to register for and vote at any election. /
Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides for the re-enfranchisement of voters with felony convictions by repealing certain provisions in the election law. /
Sponsor: PARKER Committee: ELECTIONS

Conforms the punishment for crimes under the election law to similar crimes in the penal law; provides that all misdemeanors under article 17 shall be class A misdemeanors, and all felonies shall be class E felonies within the meaning of section 55.10 of the penal law. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides that a person shall be disqualified from an election for which the filing of an annual statement of financial disclosure is required if such person fails to make a timely filing of such financial disclosure statement; provides a method for the filling of vacancies which occur as a result of such disqualifications. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Designates state and city universities of New York as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance; permits independent institutions to do the same upon request; requires SUNY and CUNY independent institutions to offer each applicant an application for an absentee ballot. /
Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: ELECTIONS

Prohibits the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, any state legislator, any elected county, city, town or village official, or any person who currently holds elective office from serving as a delegate to the constitutional convention. /
Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university. /
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: ELECTIONS

Requires concurrent resolutions or laws containing statewide ballot proposals to include the form of submission on the ballot to a vote of the people, which form to be limited to a short title of the subject matter in plain language, an abstract concisely stating the purpose and effect of the proposal and amortization period and total debt service where appropriate and the complete text abstract and text to be available for public inspection at the polling place; makes related provisions for non-statewide ballot proposals, with form and abstract to be prepared by the office of the counsel of the county, city, town or village. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Authorizes the board of elections to cause absentee ballots received by it by common carrier to be cast and counted provided such ballot was sent not later than the day before the election and received by such board of elections not later than seven days following the day of election. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides that a postpaid business reply envelope for the return to the board of elections of a voted absentee ballot be provided with each absentee ballot which is mailed to an applicant for an absentee ballot. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Permits that any enrolled member of a party who resides within the county and the assembly district which contains the election district from which the party position of member of county committee shall be elected, shall be eligible to file written objections to a designating petition, petition for opportunity to ballot, certificate of acceptance, certificate of declination and certificate of substitution relating to such party position. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Permits boards of elections to allow election inspectors to work split shifts, their compensation shall be prorated accordingly. /
Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: ELECTIONS

Requires town caucuses of a political party to be convened no earlier than four weeks before the last day to file a certificate of a party nomination made at such caucus; provides that with a certificate of nomination there also be filed a list of enrolled members of the party who participated in such caucus, the minutes of the caucus, and a statement of where the notice of the caucus was published or posted. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: ELECTIONS

Makes the suppression of voters a civil violation. /
Sponsor: STEWART-COUSINS Committee: ELECTIONS

Enacts the "2012 Campaign Finance Reform Act"; provides for optional partial public financing of certain election campaigns in this state; limits personal use of campaign funds; establishes certain contribution limits; requires identification of the source of certain political communications and provides for a state board of elections enforcement unit and counsel. /
Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: ELECTIONS

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille and large print, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter no less than 30 days prior to each election day. /
Sponsor: LANZA Committee: ELECTIONS

Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity. /
Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: ELECTIONS

Eliminates run-off elections in NYC and statewide. /
Sponsor: PERKINS Committee: ELECTIONS

Requires county boards to create systems for processing electronic requests for absentee ballots. /
Sponsor: CARLUCCI Committee: ELECTIONS

Treats parent corporations and their 50% or more owned subsidiaries as one entity for purposes of the applicability of the $5,000 campaign contribution limit; applies additional disclosure requirements to certain corporations including the names and addresses of parent corporations and individuals who own or control shares of either the parent or subsidiary corporation. /
Sponsor: OPPENHEIMER Committee: ELECTIONS