New York S 5021: Relates to the registration status of voters

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S05021 Summary:

BILL NOS05021 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRPARKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§17-106, 5-400 & 5-213, El L

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Relates to the registration status of voters; establishes additional requirements for the cancellation of a voter's registration; allows voters who have an inactive status to have their registration returned to active status and to have their vote counted for the election in which they vote.

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BILL NOS05021 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5021

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, PARKER -- 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 status
 of voters

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

 1 Section 1. Section 17-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 9
 2 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 17-106. Misconduct of election officers. Any election officer who
 4 wilfully refuses to accord to any duly accredited watcher or to any
 5 voter or candidate any right given [him] to such election officer by
 6 this chapter, including the cancellation of a voter's registration in
 7 violation of section 5-400 of this chapter or the refusal to allow an
 8 individual to vote due to an inactive status in violation of section
 9 5-213 of this chapter, or who wilfully violates any provision of the
 10 election law relative to the registration of electors or to the taking,
 11 recording, counting, canvassing, tallying or certifying of votes, or who
 12 wilfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed on [him] such
 13 election officer by law, or is guilty of any fraud in the execution of
 14 the duties of [his] their office, or connives in any electoral fraud, or
 15 knowingly permits any such fraud to be practiced, is guilty of a felony.
 16 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 5-400 of the election law, as amended by
 17 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 3
 18 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 19 1. A voter's registration[, including the registration of a voter in
 20 inactive status,] shall be cancelled if[,]: (a) since the time of [his]
 21 such voter's last registration, [he] such voter:
 22 [(a)] (i) Moved [his or her] their residence outside the state[.];
 23 [(b)] (ii) Was convicted of a felony disqualifying [him] such voter
 24 from voting pursuant to the provisions of section 5-106 of this arti-
 25 cle[.];

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09712-01-5

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 1 [(c)] (iii) Has been adjudicated an incompetent[.];
 2 [(d)] (iv) Refused to take a challenge oath[.];
 3 [(e)] (v) Has died[.];
 4 [(f) Did not vote in any election conducted by the board of elections
 5 during the period ending with the second general election at which
 6 candidates for federal office are on the ballot after his name was
 7 placed in inactive status and for whom the board of elections did not,
 8 during such period, in any other way, receive any information that such
 9 voter still resides in the same county or city.
 10 (g)] (vi) Personally requested to have his name removed from the list
 11 of registered voters[.];
 12 [(h)] (vii) For any other reason, is no longer qualified to vote as
 13 provided in this chapter[.]; and
 14 (b) the board of elections verifies that one of the circumstances
 15 provided for in paragraph (a) of this subdivision has occurred.
 16 § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 5-213 of the election law, subdi-
 17 vision 2 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996 and subdivision 3
 18 as amended by chapter 113 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as
 19 follows:
 20 2. The registration poll records of all such voters shall be removed
 21 from the poll ledgers