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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8541
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 27, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the deadline for publi-
          cation of enrollment lists
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 5-604 of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  709  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The board of elections shall also cause to be  published  for  each
     5  election  district  a  complete  list  of  the registered voters of each
     6  election district.   Such list shall, in  addition  to  the  information
     7  required  for  registration  lists, include the party enrollment of each
     8  voter.  At least as many copies of such list shall be  prepared  as  the
     9  required minimum number of registration lists.
    10    Lists  for  all  the election districts in a ward or assembly district
    11  may be bound together in one volume.  The board of elections shall  also
    12  cause  to  be published a complete list of names and residence addresses
    13  of the registered voters, including the party enrollment of each  voter,

    14  for  each town and city over which the board has jurisdiction. The names
    15  for each town and city may be arranged according to street and number or
    16  alphabetically.  Such lists shall be published before the first  day  of
    17  April  [except  that  in  a year in which any primary is held before the
    18  first day of July, such lists shall be published before the first day of
    19  March].  The board shall keep at least five copies for public inspection
    20  at each main office or branch office of the board.   Surplus  copies  of
    21  the  lists  shall be sold at a charge not exceeding the cost of publica-
    22  tion.
    23    § 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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