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A07809 Summary:

BILL NOA07809 

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Enacts the young adult voter registration act; requires each public high school within the state to make voter registration forms available to all students.

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04/11/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7809

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the young
 adult voter registration act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "young
 2 adult voter registration act".
 3 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 5-231. Young adult voter registration. 1. Registration of voters.
 6 Each public high school within the state shall make available during the
 7 school year to all students such materials as may be published by the
 8 board of elections relating to voter registration and, where appropri-
 9 ate, shall provide applications for registration and enrollment, and may
 10 assist in the execution of such applications.
 11 2. Registration of young adults. Each school district shall distrib-
 12 ute a voter registration form to any student seventeen years old or
 13 older that will be eighteen years old at the time of the next general
 14 election.
 15 3. Forms to be available at school. The state education department
 16 shall ensure that voter registration forms provided by the board of
 17 elections are available in the main or central office of each high
 18 school under the jurisdiction of the department for students who wish to
 19 obtain one. The department shall also ensure that each such high school
 20 provides adequate notice to its students of the availability of such
 21 forms in its main or central office.
 22 4. Sufficient quantity of forms. The department shall request from the
 23 board of elections a sufficient quantity of voter registration forms to
 24 meet the requirements of this section.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 26 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06955-01-5

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