New York S 1669: Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license

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S01669 Summary:

BILL NOS01669 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09210

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSRBORRELLO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §5-217, El L

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Allows any qualified person to apply for voter registration and enrollment by application made with an application for any hunting or fishing license.

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BILL NOS01669 

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1669

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- 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 registration and
 enrollment of voters

 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 5-217
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 5-217. Additional registration. 1. In addition to any other method
 4 of voter registration provided for in this article, any qualified person
 5 may apply for registration and enrollment by application made simultane-
 6 ously and integrated with an application for any type of hunting
 7 license, a fishing license, and any combination of both.
 8 2. The department of environmental conservation, with the approval of
 9 the state board of elections, shall design a form or forms which shall,
 10 in addition to eliciting such information as may be required by the
 11 department of environmental conservation for a hunting license and/or
 12 fishing license, serve as an application for registration and enroll-
 13 ment, or a registration necessitated by a change of residence. The cost
 14 of such forms shall be borne by the department of environmental conser-
 15 vation.
 16 3. The voter registration portion of such forms shall:
 17 (a) not require any information that duplicates the information
 18 required on the application for the license portion and shall require
 19 only such additional information, including the applicant's signature,
 20 as will enable election officials to assess the applicant's eligibility
 21 to register to vote, prevent duplicate registration and to administer
 22 voter registration and other parts of the election process;
 23 (b) include a statement of the eligibility requirements for voter
 24 registration and shall require the applicant to attest by their signa-
 25 ture that they meet such requirements under penalty of perjury; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02252-01-5

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 1 (c) inform the applicant, in print identical to that used in the
 2 attestation section of the following:
 3 (i) voter eligibility requirements;
 4 (ii) penalties for submission of false registration application;
 5 (iii) that the office where the applicant registers shall remain
 6 confidential and the information shall be used only for voter registra-
 7 tion purposes;
 8 (iv) if the applicant declines to register, their declination shall
 9 remain confidential and be used only for voter registration purposes.
 10 4. Included on the form or on a separate form shall be:
 11 (a) the question, "If you are not registered to vote where you live
 12 now, would you like to apply to register here today";
 13 (b) boxes for the applicant to check to indicate whether the applicant
 14 would like to register or decline to register to vote;
 15 (c) the statement in prominent type, "IF YOU DO NOT CHECK EITHER BOX,
 16 YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT THIS
 17 TIME.";
 18 (d) the statement, "If you would like help in filling out the voter
 19 registration application form, we will help you. The decision whether to
 20 seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the application form in
 21 private.";
 22 (e) the statement, "If you believe that someone has interfered with
 23 your right to register or decline to register to vote, your right to
 24 privacy in deciding whether to register or