STATE OF NEW YORK
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5908
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, HOOPER,
CAHILL, MAGEE, ZEBROWSKI, QUART, FAHY, OTIS, ROZIC, BRINDISI, ABINAN-
TI, BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, ROSENTHAL, RYAN, PAULIN, HEVESI -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration
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 5-210 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 255 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. Completed application forms, when received by any board of
5 elections and, with respect to application forms promulgated by the
6 federal election commission, when received by the state board of
7 elections, or showing a dated cancellation mark of the United States
8 Postal Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
9 lation mark which is not later than the [twenty-fifth] fifteenth day
10 before the next ensuing primary, general or special election, and
11 received no later than the [twentieth] tenth day before such election,
12 or delivered in person to such board of elections not later than the
13 tenth day before [a special] such election, shall entitle the applicant
14 to vote in such election, if he or she is otherwise qualified, provided,
15 however, such applicant shall not vote on a voting machine until his or
16 her identity is verified. Any board of elections receiving an applica-
17 tion form from a person who does not reside in its jurisdiction but who
18 does reside elsewhere in the state of New York, shall forthwith forward
19 such application form to the proper board of elections. Each board of
20 elections shall make an entry on each such form of the date it is
21 received by such board.
22 § 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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