Relates to voting rights including voter protection, voter's bill of rights, illegal voter suppression and intimidation, vote dilution, and preclearance.
Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision, in collaboration with the state and county boards of election, to establish a program to facilitate incarcerated individuals voter registration and voting.
Relates to board of elections poll workers; provides that the board of elections shall, upon appointing an election inspector or poll clerk, assign such person as a representative of one of the two major political parties of the state; provides that the board of elections shall assign an election inspector or poll clerk who is a duly enrolled member of either major political party as a representative of the party in which they are enrolled and if a person is a duly enrolled member of any other political party of the state, or who is not enrolled in any party, the board of elections shall permit such person to elect which of the two major parties they shall represent; makes related provisions.
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.
Provides that absentee ballots may be canvassed at the poll site on election day; provides that representatives of candidates, parties, or independent bodies may be present to observe the review of affidavit ballot envelopes.
Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.
Provides that no board of elections shall commence a full manual recount of a particular contest unless and until such board has completed and announced the results of the recanvass otherwise required, for each applicable election district.
Enacts the "election workers and polling places protection act" to protect poll watchers, election officials, voters and physical property being used as a polling place or by the board of elections.
Requires certain candidates to file a statement attesting to the veracity of statements regarding the candidate's educational history, and service, employment and residency record; provides for the filing of amended statements; provides penalties.
Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.
Requires a New York state driver's license or non-driver ID, a United States passport, an identification card issued by a United States educational institution, a United States military identification card, a government issued medical card, or any identification card issued by the United States or the state of New York to be presented when casting a ballot.