Requires individuals to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations establishing which forms of proof of the qualifications to vote can be accepted by boards of elections.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2968
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to proof of citizenship as
a qualification to register to vote
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5-102 of the election law, subdivision 2 as amended
2 by chapter 175 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 5-102. Qualifications of voters; citizenship, age and residence. 1.
4 No person shall be qualified to register [for and] to vote [at any
5 election] unless he [is a citizen] or she provides proof of citizenship
6 of the United States [and], proof that he or she is or will be, on the
7 day of [such] the next election, eighteen years of age or over, and
8 proof that he or she is a resident of this state and of the county, city
9 or village for a minimum of thirty days next preceding such election.
10 The state board of elections shall promulgate such rules and regulations
11 as shall be necessary to establish which forms of proof of the quali-
12 fications to vote shall be accepted by boards of elections.
13 2. The provisions herein with respect to a durational residency
14 requirement for purposes of qualifying to vote shall not prohibit United
15 States citizens otherwise qualified, from voting for president and vice
16 president of the United States.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the state
18 board of elections shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary
19 to implement the provisions of this act within 60 days of such effective
20 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05754-01-9
