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A10712 Summary:

A10712 Actions:

A10712 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Cusick      
DATE:06/15/2016AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Cusick
Aye
Nojay
Aye
Galef
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Kavanagh
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/16/2016AYE/NAY:28/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Tedisco
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Excused
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Wright
Excused
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Markey
Aye

A10712 Floor Votes:

A10712 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10712
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 13, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Walker) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  pre-clearance  of
          voting-related regulations and policies
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Article 8 of the election law is amended by  adding  a  new
     2  title 6 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE VI
     4                                PRE-CLEARANCE
     5  Section 8-600. Pre-clearance.
     6    §  8-600.  Pre-clearance.  1. To ensure that the right of citizens who
     7  reside in New York to vote is not denied or abridged on account of race,
     8  color, or language minority status through the enforcement of a  voting-
     9  related  regulation, procedure or policy that is enacted or administered
    10  after the effective date of this section, the  following  voting-related
    11  regulations,  and  policies  shall  be  subject  to pre-clearance by the
    12  attorney general pursuant to this title.
    13    2. Before the state board of elections or any local board of elections
    14  enacts or implements any changes in voting qualification,  prerequisites
    15  to  voting,  administration,  regulations, policies, practices or proce-
    16  dures with respect to voting affecting: (a) a county with  a  population
    17  comprised,  in  the  aggregate,  of at least ten percent of members of a
    18  protected class over the preceding decade, as determined  by  the  five-
    19  year  estimates  of  the United States Census American Community Survey,
    20  (b) a county which has been subject  to  a  court  order  or  government
    21  enforcement  action  based  upon a finding of a discriminatory practice,
    22  denial or abridgment of the right to vote of a member of  the  protected
    23  class  within  the  past  ten years, or (c) a county that was previously
    24  subject to pre-clearance under Section 5 of the  Voting  Rights  Act  of
    25  1965  and  has  not  been  granted a decree granting exemption from such
    26  pre-clearance requirements, must submit such changes to the state attor-
    27  ney general for approval. This section shall not apply  to  any  changes
    28  made pursuant to law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15852-01-6
        A. 10712                            2
 
     1    3. The submission seeking pre-clearance approval of such changes shall
     2  be  made,  in writing, to the civil rights bureau of the attorney gener-
     3  al's office, with a copy provided contemporaneously to the  state  board
     4  of elections if made by a county board of elections. The attorney gener-
     5  al  shall,  based  on  the  criteria  stated  in subdivision one of this
     6  section, indicate objections or approval of such submission, in writing,
     7  within sixty days following the receipt of such submission.
     8    4. For purposes of this section, "protected class" shall mean a  class
     9  of  voters  who are members of a race, color or language minority group,
    10  as this class is referenced and defined in the Voting Rights Act of 1965
    11  (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.).
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law.