Provides that voters who file a change of enrollment at least 25 days prior to the next ensuing primary, general, or special election shall be eligible to vote in such election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4201
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eligibility to vote in
a primary, general, or special election after filing a change of
enrollment with the board of elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. A change of enrollment when received by [the] any board of
5 elections and, with respect to forms promulgated by the federal election
6 commission, when received by the state board of elections, or showing a
7 dated cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or contained
8 in an envelope showing such a dated cancellation mark which is not later
9 than the twenty-fifth day before the next ensuing primary, general or
10 special election, and received no later than the twentieth day before
11 such election, or delivered in person to such board of elections not
12 later than the tenth day before a special election, shall entitle the
13 applicant to vote in such election, if he or she is otherwise qualified.
14 The change of enrollment shall be deposited in a sealed enrollment box,
15 which shall not be opened until the first Tuesday following such [gener-
16 al] election. Such change of enrollment shall be then removed and
17 entered as provided in this article.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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