Provides that qualified persons who have never previously registered to vote in this state may apply personally for registration by appearing at the appropriate polling place for the election district in which such person resides on the day such polling place is open for voting; requires establishment of a procedure to enable such registrants to cast their votes at the appropriate polling places.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5752
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 28, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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 allowing for polling
place voter registration for any qualified person who is not regis-
tered to vote
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5-210 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article relating
4 to registration requirements, any qualified person who is not registered
5 in this state may apply personally for registration and enrollment by
6 appearing at the appropriate polling place for the election district in
7 which they reside on the day of any primary, general or special election
8 during the hours that such polling place is open for voting, or at any
9 polling place for early voting established pursuant to section 8-600 of
10 this chapter in the county where they reside during the hours that such
11 polling place is open for early voting. To be eligible to register
12 pursuant to this subdivision, a person must provide acceptable forms of
13 identification containing proof of residence, as determined by state law
14 implementing the Help Americans Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-252).
15 Any person who so registers to vote shall execute the following instru-
16 ment in substantially the following form:
17 "I, (name), do hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that, to the
18 best of my knowledge, I am a qualified voter, having resided at (place
19 of residence) for at least thirty days immediately preceding this
20 election, that I am not disqualified on any legal grounds from voting
21 and that I have not already voted at this election."
22 (b) If a registrant is unable to provide valid proof of residence as
23 required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision, such registrant may be
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 allowed to register for and vote in any election by affidavit ballot.
2 Such affidavit ballot shall not be counted until election officials can
3 determine such registrant's residence and eligibility to vote.
4 (c) The board of elections shall establish a procedure by which a
5 person who registers pursuant to this subdivision may cast their vote at
6 the appropriate polling place.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect the first of January next succeeding
8 the date on which it shall have become a law.
