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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7236
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the timing of the annu-
          al check  of  registrants;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
          provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          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 4-117  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  separately  amended  by chapters 3 and 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    1. The board of elections, not less than [sixty-five] eighty-five days
     5  nor more than [seventy] ninety days before the primary election in  each
     6  year,  shall  send by mail on which is endorsed such language designated
     7  by the state board of elections to  ensure  postal  authorities  do  not
     8  forward  such mail but return it to the board of elections with forward-
     9  ing information, when it cannot be  delivered  as  addressed  and  which
    10  contains  a request that any such mail received for persons not residing
    11  at the address be dropped back in the mail, a communication, in  a  form
    12  approved  by the state board of elections, to every registered voter who
    13  has been registered without a change of address since the  beginning  of
    14  such  year,  except that the board of elections shall not be required to
    15  send such communications to voters in inactive status. The communication
    16  shall notify the voter of the days and hours of the ensuing primary  and
    17  general  elections,  the  place  where  he  or she appears by his or her
    18  registration records to be entitled to vote, the fact  that  voters  who
    19  have  moved  or  will  have  moved from the address where they were last
    20  registered must either notify the board of elections of his or  her  new
    21  address  or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his or her new
    22  address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise  notified
    23  the board of elections of the change of address. If the primary will not
    24  be  held  on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September, the
    25  communication shall contain a conspicuous notice in all capital  letters
    26  and  bold  font notifying the voter of the primary date. If the location
    27  of the polling place for the voter's election district has  been  moved,
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14760-01-0
        S. 7236                             2
 
     1  the communication shall contain the following legend in bold type: "YOUR
     2  POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN CHANGED. YOU NOW VOTE AT..........". The communi-
     3  cation  shall  also  indicate whether the polling place is accessible to
     4  physically  disabled voters, that a voter who will be out of the city or
     5  county on the day of the primary or general election or a voter  who  is
     6  ill  or  physically disabled may obtain an absentee ballot, that a phys-
     7  ically disabled voter whose polling place is not accessible may  request
     8  that  his registration record be moved to an election district which has
     9  a polling place which is accessible, the phone number to call for appli-
    10  cations to move a registration record or for  absentee  ballot  applica-
    11  tions,  the  phone  number  to call for the location of registration and
    12  polling places, the phone number to call to indicate that the  voter  is
    13  willing  to  serve on election day as an election inspector, poll clerk,
    14  interpreter or in other capacities, the phone number to call  to  obtain
    15  an  application  for  registration  by  mail, and such other information
    16  concerning the elections or registration as the board  may  include.  In
    17  lieu  of sending such communication to every registered voter, the board
    18  of elections may send a single communication to a  household  containing
    19  more  than  one  registered  voter,  provided that the names of all such
    20  voters appear as part of the address on such communication.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    22  deemed repealed December 31, 2020.