New York Senate Bill S00170 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 170 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER -- 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 allowing for polling place voter registration for any qualified person who is not regis- tered to vote The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5-210 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article relating 4 to registration requirements, any qualified person who is not registered 5 in this state may apply personally for registration and enrollment by 6 appearing at the appropriate polling place for the election district in 7 which he or she resides on the day of any primary, general or special 8 election during the hours that such polling place is open for voting, or 9 at any polling place for early voting established pursuant to section 10 8-600 of this chapter in the county where he or she resides during the 11 hours that such polling place is open for early voting. To be eligible 12 to register pursuant to this subdivision, a person must provide accepta- 13 ble forms of identification containing proof of residence, as determined 14 by state law implementing the Help Americans Vote Act of 2002 (Public 15 Law 107-252). Any person who so registers to vote shall execute the 16 following instrument in substantially the following form: 17 "I, (name), do hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that, to the 18 best of my knowledge, I am a qualified voter, having resided at (place 19 of residence) for at least thirty days immediately preceding this 20 election, that I am not disqualified on any legal grounds from voting 21 and that I have not already voted at this election." EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01878-01-3 
 S. 170 2 1 (b) If a registrant is unable to provide valid proof of residence as 2 required by paragraph (a) of this subdivision, such registrant may be 3 allowed to register for and vote in any election by affidavit ballot. 4 Such affidavit ballot shall not be counted until election officials can 5 determine such registrant's residence and eligibility to vote. 6 (c) The board of elections shall establish a procedure by which a 7 person who registers pursuant to this subdivision may cast his or her 8 vote at the appropriate polling place. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect the first of January next succeeding 10 the date on which it shall have become a law.