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NY A05760
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/28/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
- Amends election law to require boards of elections to collect race and ethnicity information from voter registration forms and change of address forms
- Mandates the State Board of Elections establish uniform provisions for race and ethnicity designation across all registration materials and maintain this information in a computerized database
- Requires each local board of elections to maintain race and ethnicity records for registered voters and report this information to the State Board of Elections by January 1st annually
- Allows applicants to affirmatively refuse to provide race and ethnicity information on all voter registration and change of address forms
- Takes effect immediately for Section 1, with Sections 2-5 effective January 1st of the following year after enactment
Legislative Description
Requires persons registering to vote to designate their race and/or ethnicity.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012
Committee Referrals
Election Law2/28/2011
Full Bill Text
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