A07817 Summary:

BILL NOA07817
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06818
 
SPONSORCusick
 
COSPNSRBuchwald
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS4-117 & 5-210, El L
 
Relates to ensuring that certain notification requirements are cost-effective and efficient.
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A07817 Actions:

BILL NOA07817
 
05/27/2015referred to election law
06/03/2015reported referred to rules
06/09/2015reported
06/09/2015rules report cal.180
06/09/2015ordered to third reading rules cal.180
06/10/2015passed assembly
06/10/2015delivered to senate
06/10/2015REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
01/06/2016DIED IN SENATE
01/06/2016RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
01/06/2016ordered to third reading cal.316
03/29/2016passed assembly
03/29/2016delivered to senate
03/29/2016REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
05/16/2016SUBSTITUTED FOR S6818
05/16/20163RD READING CAL.729
05/16/2016PASSED SENATE
05/16/2016RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
05/20/2016delivered to governor
06/01/2016signed chap.44
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A07817 Committee Votes:

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A07817 Floor Votes:

DATE:06/10/2015Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 147/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Silver
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simanowitz
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Persaud
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Markey
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barron
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Borelli
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Miller
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
ER
Titus
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Wright
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Sepulveda

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
DATE:03/29/2016Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 141/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Blake
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
ER
Miller
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Finch
ER
Kaminsky
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Butler
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Wozniak
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A07817 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7817
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 27, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to ensuring certain
          notification requirements are cost-effective and efficient
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 4-117 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 288 of the laws  of  2009,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  The  board  of elections, between August first and August fifth of
     5  each year, shall send  by  [first  class]  mail  on  which  is  endorsed
     6  ["ADDRESS  CORRECTION  REQUESTED"] such language designated by the state
     7  board of elections to ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail
     8  but return it to the board of  elections  with  forwarding  information,
     9  when  it  cannot  be delivered as addressed and which contains a request
    10  that any such mail received for persons not residing at the  address  be
    11  dropped  back  in  the  mail, a communication, in a form approved by the
    12  state board of elections, to every registered voter who has been  regis-
    13  tered  without  a  change  of  address since the beginning of such year,
    14  except that the board of elections shall not be required  to  send  such
    15  communications  to  voters  in  inactive status. The communication shall
    16  notify the voter of the days and hours of the ensuing primary and gener-
    17  al elections, the place where he appears by his registration records  to
    18  be  entitled  to  vote, the fact that voters who have moved or will have
    19  moved from the address where they were last registered must  re-register
    20  or, that if such move was to another address in the same county or city,
    21  that  such  voter  may  either  notify the board of elections of his new
    22  address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his new address
    23  even if such voter has not  re-registered,  or  otherwise  notified  the
    24  board  of  elections  of  the  change of address. If the location of the
    25  polling place for the voter's election  district  has  been  moved,  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11371-01-5

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     1  communication  shall  contain  the  following legend in bold type: "YOUR
     2  POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN CHANGED. YOU NOW VOTE AT..........". The communi-
     3  cation shall also indicate whether the polling place  is  accessible  to
     4  physically  disabled voters, that a voter who will be out of the city or
     5  county on the day of the primary or general election or a voter  who  is
     6  ill  or  physically disabled may obtain an absentee ballot, that a phys-
     7  ically disabled voter whose polling place is not accessible may  request
     8  that  his registration record be moved to an election district which has
     9  a polling place which is accessible, the phone number to call for appli-
    10  cations to move a registration record or for  absentee  ballot  applica-
    11  tions,  the  phone  number  to call for the location of registration and
    12  polling places, the phone number to call to indicate that the  voter  is
    13  willing  to  serve on election day as an election inspector, poll clerk,
    14  interpreter or in other capacities, the phone number to call  to  obtain
    15  an  application  for  registration  by  mail, and such other information
    16  concerning the elections or registration as the board  may  include.  In
    17  lieu  of sending such communication to every registered voter, the board
    18  of elections may send a single communication to a  household  containing
    19  more  than  one  registered  voter,  provided that the names of all such
    20  voters appear as part of the address on such communication.
    21    § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by
    22  chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    23    9. The county board of elections shall, promptly and in any event, not
    24  later than twenty-one days after receipt by it of the application, veri-
    25  fy the identity of the applicant. In order to do so, the county board of
    26  elections shall utilize the information provided in the application  and
    27  shall  attempt  to verify such information with the information provided
    28  by the department of motor vehicles, social security administration  and
    29  any  other  lawful  available information source. If the county board of
    30  elections is unable to verify the identity of the applicant within twen-
    31  ty-one days of the receipt of the application, it shall immediately take
    32  steps to confirm that the information  provided  by  the  applicant  was
    33  accurately  utilized  by  such county board of elections, was accurately
    34  verified with other information sources and that no data entry error, or
    35  other similar type of  error,  occurred.  Following  completion  of  the
    36  preceding  steps,  the county board of elections shall mail (a) a notice
    37  of its approval, (b) a notice of its approval which  includes  an  indi-
    38  cation  that  such board has not yet been able to verify the identity of
    39  the applicant and a request for more information so that such  verifica-
    40  tion  may be completed, or (c) a notice of its rejection of the applica-
    41  tion to the  applicant  in  a  form  approved  by  the  state  board  of
    42  elections.  Notices  of  approval, notices of approval with requests for
    43  more information or notices of rejection shall be sent by nonforwardable
    44  first class or return postage  guaranteed  mail  on  which  is  endorsed
    45  ["ADDRESS  CORRECTION  REQUESTED"] such language designated by the state
    46  board of elections to ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail
    47  but return it to the board of  elections  with  forwarding  information,
    48  when  it  cannot  be delivered as addressed and which contains a request
    49  that any such mail received for persons not residing at the  address  be
    50  dropped  back in the mail. The voter's registration and enrollment shall
    51  be complete upon receipt of the application by  the  appropriate  county
    52  board of elections. The failure of a county board of elections to verify
    53  an  applicant's  identity  shall not be the basis for the rejection of a
    54  voter's application, provided, however, that such  verification  failure
    55  shall  be  the basis for requiring county board of elections to take the
    56  additional verification steps provided by this chapter. The notice shall

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     1  also advise the registrant of the date when his registration and enroll-
     2  ment is effective, of the date and the hours of the next regularly sche-
     3  duled primary or general election in which he will be eligible to  vote,
     4  of  the  location of the polling place of the election district in which
     5  he is or will be a qualified voter, whether such polling place is acces-
     6  sible to physically handicapped voters, an  indication  that  physically
     7  handicapped  voters  or  voters who are ill or voters who will be out of
     8  the city or county on the day of the primary or  general  election,  may
     9  obtain  an  absentee  ballot  and  the phone number to call for absentee
    10  ballot applications, the phone numbers to call for location  of  polling
    11  places,  to  obtain  registration  forms and the phone number to call to
    12  indicate that the voter is willing  to  serve  on  election  day  as  an
    13  inspector,  poll clerk or interpreter. The notice of approval, notice of
    14  approval with request for more information or notice of rejection  shall
    15  also  advise  the applicant to notify the board of elections if there is
    16  any inaccuracy. The form of such mail notification shall  be  prescribed
    17  by the state board of elections and shall contain such other information
    18  and  instructions as it may reasonably require to carry out the purposes
    19  of this section. The request for more information shall inform the voter
    20  that "THE FAILURE TO CONTACT THE BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  AND  CORRECT  ANY
    21  INACCURACIES IN THE APPLICATION OR PROVIDE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMA-
    22  TION MAY RESULT IN A REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION AT THE POLLS IN ORDER TO
    23  CAST A VOTE ON A VOTING MACHINE." If such notice is returned undelivered
    24  without  a  new address, the board shall forthwith send such applicant a
    25  confirmation notice pursuant to the provisions of section 5-712 of  this
    26  article  and place such applicant in inactive status. The state board of
    27  elections shall prepare uniform notices by this section as provided  for
    28  in subdivision eight of section 3-102 of this chapter.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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