STATE OF NEW YORK
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7983
IN SENATE
March 6, 2020
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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 changing the time peri-
od for the annual national change of address system check for regis-
tered voters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 5-708 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 a. At least once each year during the month of [February] January,
5 each board of elections shall obtain through the National Change of
6 Address System, the forwarding address for every voter registered with
7 such board of elections for whom the United States Postal Service has
8 such a forwarding address together with the name of each such voter whom
9 the Postal Service records indicate has moved from the address at which
10 he is registered without leaving a forwarding address.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15602-01-0
