New York S 6240: Relates to applications for registration and enrollment of voters

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S06240 Summary:

BILL NOS06240 

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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Removes certain restrictions relating to applications for registration and enrollment of voters.

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BILL NOS06240 

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6240

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 applications for regis-
 tration 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. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 5-210 of the election law,
 2 as amended by chapter 113 of the laws of 2023, subdivision 4 as sepa-
 3 rately amended by section 50 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of
 4 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 5 3. Completed application forms, when received by any board of
 6 elections and, with respect to application forms promulgated by the
 7 federal election commission, when received by the state board of
 8 elections, [or showing a dated cancellation mark of the United States
 9 Postal Service or contained in an envelope showing such a dated cancel-
 10 lation mark which is not later than the fifteenth day before the next
 11 ensuing primary, general or special election, and received] no later
 12 than the tenth day before [such] the next ensuing primary, general, or
 13 special election, [or delivered in person to such board of elections not
 14 later than the tenth day before such election,] shall entitle the appli-
 15 cant to vote in such election and to have the applicant's vote canvassed
 16 in accordance with this chapter, if the applicant is otherwise quali-
 17 fied, provided, however, such applicant shall not vote on a voting
 18 machine until their identity is verified. Any board of elections receiv-
 19 ing an application form from a person who does not reside in its juris-
 20 diction but who does reside elsewhere in the state of New York, shall
 21 electronically forward such application form to the proper board of
 22 elections on the same day it is received. Each board of elections shall
 23 make an entry on each such form of the date it is received by such
 24 board.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08051-01-5

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 1 4. Any qualified person who has been honorably discharged from the
 2 military after the twenty-fifth day before a general election, or who
 3 has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'
 4 services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 5 dishonorable from the military after the twenty-fifth day before a
 6 general election, or who is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in
 7 section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
 8 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the military after the twen-
 9 ty-fifth day before a general election, or who has become a naturalized
 10 citizen after the twenty-fifth day before a general election may
 11 [personally] register [at the board of elections in the county of their
 12 residence] using any method for registration available pursuant to this
 13 chapter and vote in [the general] any election held at least ten days
 14 after such registration.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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