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NY S05021
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Luis Sepulveda
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AI Summary
- Removes the provision allowing voter registration cancellation for those who did not vote in two consecutive federal general elections while in inactive status
- Requires boards of elections to verify that a qualifying circumstance (death, moving out of state, felony conviction, incompetency adjudication, or personal request) has actually occurred before canceling a voter's registration
- Mandates that inactive voter poll records be compiled into an inactive poll ledger and distributed to each election district, rather than simply maintained at board of elections offices
- Allows voters with inactive status who cast an affidavit ballot to have their registration immediately restored to active status and their ballot counted for that election, provided all other requirements are met
- Makes it a felony for election officers to cancel a voter's registration in violation of these requirements or to refuse to allow an individual to vote due to inactive status
Legislative Description
Relates to the registration status of voters; establishes additional requirements for the cancellation of a voter's registration; allows voters who have an inactive status to have their registration returned to active status and to have their vote counted for the election in which they vote.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Elections2/18/2025
Full Bill Text
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