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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2042--B
                                                                Cal. No. 112
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, GALEF, SCARBOROUGH, CERETTO, ROBERTS,
          BUCHWALD, ROSENTHAL, SEPULVEDA, LUPARDO, FAHY,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  ABINANTI
          --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, CAHILL, CLARK, GOTTFRIED,

          HIKIND, MILLMAN, RUSSELL, SCHIMEL -- read once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Election  Law  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
          advanced  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
          its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.    Paragraph  o  of  subdivision 4 of section 5-500 of the
     2  election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is  amended
     3  and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
     4    o.  A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this chap-

     5  ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
     6    p. A space for pre-registering applicants to respond to the  following
     7  question: "Are you at least 16 years of age and understand that you must
     8  be 18 years of age on or before election day to vote, and that until you
     9  reach  the  age  of 18 your registration will be marked as 'pending' and
    10  you will be unable to cast a ballot in any election?"
    11    § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
    12  as follows:
    13    § 5-507. Voter pre-registration and education on  voter  pre-registra-
    14  tion.  1.  Pre-registration.   A person who is at least sixteen years of
    15  age and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may  pre-register

    16  to  vote, and shall be automatically registered upon reaching the age of
    17  eligibility, following verification of the person's  qualifications  and
    18  address.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03459-05-4
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     1    2.  Encouragement  of student voter registration and pre-registration.
     2  Local boards of education are required  to  adopt  policies  to  promote
     3  student  voter  registration  and  pre-registration.  These policies may
     4  include collaboration with county boards of elections to  conduct  voter

     5  registration  and  pre-registration  in  high  schools.  Completion  and
     6  submission of voter registration or pre-registration forms shall not  be
     7  a course requirement or graded assignment for students.
     8    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     9  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.  Effective  immediate-
    10  ly,  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations
    11  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    12  authorized to be made on or before such date.