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S00386 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           386
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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  enacting  the  "voter
          registration integrity act"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "voter registration integrity act".
     3    §  2.  Section  5-210  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
     4  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     5    5-a.  In addition to documentation of New York residency, the board of
     6  elections shall require that each first-time voter registration applica-
     7  tion include one of the following:
     8    (a) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate  establishing
     9  United States citizenship;
    10    (b) a valid United States passport;
    11    (c) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
    12    (d)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
    13  establishes United States citizenship.
    14    § 3. Clause (D) of subparagraph (viii) of paragraph (k) of subdivision
    15  5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 536 of the
    16  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (D) a copy of a  current  utility  bill,  bank  statement,  government
    18  check,  paycheck  or  other  government document that shows the name and
    19  address of the voter; and
    20    (E) in addition to documentation of New York residency, a copy of  one
    21  of the following:
    22    (1)  an original or certified copy of a birth certificate establishing
    23  United States citizenship;
    24    (2) a valid United States passport;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01993-01-3

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     1    (3) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
     2    (4)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
     3  establishes United States citizenship.
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     5  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     6  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     7  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
     8  on or before such effective date.
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