Requires bi-monthly reporting on deceased voters and certain persons subject to forfeiture of the right to vote in order to accurately maintain the statewide voter registration list.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6194
SPONSOR: Norris TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to removal of deceased
voters and certain persons subject to forfeiture of the right to vote
from the statewide voter registration list
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Establishes the timeframe in which State Board of Elections must obtain
and transmit the list of persons who have died or are subject to forfei-
ture of the right to vote bi-monthly and lowers the days in which local
boards of elections must remove such persons from the voter roll.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subdivisions 5 and 6 of Section 5-614 of the Election
Law to require the State Board of Elections to obtain and transmit the
list of persons who have died or are subject to forfeiture of the right
to vote bi-monthly and lower the number of days a local board of
election must identify and remove such decedents and persons subject to
forfeiture of the right to vote from twenty-five to fourteen.
Section 2: Establishes the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently Election Law does not provide an affirmative time in which the
State Board of Elections must obtain and transmit the list of ineligible
voters due to death or forfeiture of the right to vote. Additionally,
the Law fails to provide that the State Board of Elections must do so
continually throughout the year. It is important to maintain and update
registration lists as a voter dies or becomes ineligible. Providing
specific and narrow timeframes for removing ineligible voters ensures
trust in our electoral system and will help remove suspicion of fraudu-
lent acts.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6194
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removal of deceased
voters and certain persons subject to forfeiture of the right to vote
from the statewide voter registration list
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 5-614 of the election law,
2 as added by chapter 24 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5. For purposes of removing names of ineligible voters from the list
5 of eligible voters, the state board of elections shall obtain and trans-
6 mit to local boards of elections, bi-monthly, (a) the list of persons
7 who have died maintained by the New York city department of health and
8 the state department of health, and (b) the list of persons subject to
9 forfeiture of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of this arti-
10 cle maintained by the office of court administration or by a court
11 having made such determination.
12 6. Each local board of elections shall, within [twenty-five] fourteen
13 days after receiving such list of decedents or list of persons subject
14 to forfeiture of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of this
15 article, use such lists to identify and remove decedents and persons
16 subject to forfeiture of the right to vote pursuant to section 5-106 of
17 this article from the list of eligible voters.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10403-01-3
