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A00120 Summary:

A00120 Actions:

A00120 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Lavine      
DATE:06/05/2019AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Lavine
Aye
Norris
Aye
Galef
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Tague
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Absent
Carroll
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/17/2019AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye

A00120 Floor Votes:

A00120 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           120
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD, ORTIZ, SANTABARBARA, D'URSO, ZEBROWSKI,
          NIOU,  VANEL,  JEAN-PIERRE,  GALEF, SEAWRIGHT, BLAKE, GUNTHER, RIVERA,
          LAWRENCE, CAHILL, DAVILA, CARROLL -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
          COOK,  LUPARDO,  THIELE  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  testimony  related  to
          voter's signature on a petition
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 6-134  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 709 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     3    5.  The  use  of  titles, initials or customary abbreviations of given
     4  names by the signers of, or witnesses to, designating petitions  or  the
     5  use   of  customary  abbreviations  of  addresses  of  such  signers  or
     6  witnesses, shall not invalidate such  signatures  or  witness  statement
     7  provided  that  the  identity  of  the signer or witness as a registered
     8  voter can be established by reference to the signature on  the  petition
     9  and  that  of  a  person  whose  name  appears  in the registration poll
    10  ledgers, provided, however, nothing in  this  section  shall  prevent  a
    11  court  from receiving sworn testimony or other admissible evidence as to
    12  the authenticity of a signature when such signature would  otherwise  be
    13  invalidated  for  not  matching  the signature on file with the board of
    14  elections.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  fifteenth  of  December  next
    16  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00937-01-9