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NY A07811

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Latrice Walker

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes automated voter registration through multiple source agencies including DMV, SUNY/CUNY, public housing authorities, unemployment offices, and corrections department, with required consent from individuals and full implementation by January 1, 2028

  • Creates online voter registration system with electronic signature capability, telephone-based registration option, and same-day voter registration at polling places on election day and during early voting

  • Requires mandatory manual audits of election results using hand counts of voter-verified paper ballots, with audit percentages ranging from 3-10% of election districts depending on margin of victory

  • Prohibits "voter caging" practices that use unverified mailing lists or document returns to challenge voter eligibility, and criminalizes knowingly providing false election-related information to deprive voters of their rights

  • Appropriates $5 million to the State Board of Elections to study and develop accessible paper ballot verification mechanisms for voters with disabilities, limited English proficiency, or literacy difficulties

Legislative Description

Relates to creating the "modernized voter registration act of New York"; modernizes voter registration; promotes access to voting for individuals with disabilities; protects the ability of individuals to exercise the right to vote in elections for local and state office and makes an appropriation therefor.

Last Action

referred to election law

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Election Law4/11/2025

Full Bill Text

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