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S08224 Summary:

BILL NO	S08224
SAME AS	SAME AS A09567
SPONSOR	SKOUFIS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §5-312, El L
Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.

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S08224 Actions:

BILL NO	S08224
01/16/2024	REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
05/20/2024	1ST REPORT CAL.1249
05/21/2024	2ND REPORT CAL.
05/22/2024	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/29/2024	PASSED SENATE
05/29/2024	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/29/2024	referred to election law

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S08224 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8224
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 16, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 party  enroll-
          ment  of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independ-
          ence" or "Independent"
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-312
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 5-312. Enrollment; unenrollment from  certain  parties.  Any  person
     4  enrolled  in  a  party which includes the words "Independence" or "Inde-
     5  pendent" shall have their voter enrollment changed such  that  they  are
     6  not enrolled in any party.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13579-01-3

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