Authorizes a registered voter to change his or her address up to 10 days before a primary, special or general election; and authorizes a registered voter to change his or her party affiliation up to 25 days before a primary, special or general election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7763
IN SENATE
February 21, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 authorizing the
provision of notice of a change of address ten days before an election
and authorizing the change of party affiliation within twenty-five
days of an election
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 5-208 of the election law, as
2 added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
3 3. If such a notice is received at least [twenty] ten days before a
4 primary, special or general election, such change of address must be
5 completed before such election.
6 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as amended by
7 chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
8 3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections not later
9 than the twenty-fifth day before [the] a primary, special or general
10 election shall be [deposited in a sealed enrollment box, which shall not
11 be opened until the first Tuesday following such general election. Such
12 change of enrollment shall be then removed and] entered before such
13 election as provided in this article.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14541-01-8
