Relates to providing timely written notice of closed primary party rules to newly registered voters; defines the terms "newly registered voter" and "written notice" and sets out what information the board of elections is required to provide to newly registered voters about closed primaries.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing written
notice of closed primary party rules to newly registered voters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 38 and 39 to read as follows:
3 38. The term "newly registered voter" means any person in the state of
4 New York who has registered to vote after the effective date of this
5 subdivision.
6 39. The term "written notice" means a statement from the commissioner
7 of the state board of elections.
8 § 2. Section 3-102 of the election law is amended by adding a new
9 subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
10 16-b. provide to newly registered voters, in a timely manner, an
11 explanation as to what a closed primary election is, how party affil-
12 iation is related to said closed primary, and dates for which they need
13 to enroll in a party, if necessary.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00458-01-9
