New York A 5382: Requires notification to voters of each candidate to be voted on in each election prior to each such election

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A05382 Summary:

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Requires each county board of elections to notify voters in such county of each candidate to be voted on in each election prior to each such election.

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02/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5382

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to notifying voters of the
 candidates to be voted on in each election

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 4-122 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. Upon publication of the list described in subdivision one of this
 4 section, the county board of elections shall email, if a registered
 5 voter's email is available to the county board of elections, to every
 6 registered voter in the county a postcard containing such list. The
 7 board shall also mail at least one physical copy of the postcard to each
 8 household with a registered voter in the county. Should the board of
 9 elections find it impossible to provide such postcard six days before an
 10 election, it shall provide such postcard at the earliest possible day
 11 thereafter before such election.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06620-01-5

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