A 1767: Amends procedures for change of party enrollment to require postmark 25 days prior to a primary, general or special election.
The bill aims to change the rules for updating voter enrollment in New York State. A change of enrollment can take effect immediately, but only if it is accompanied by a dated cancellation mark from the United States Postal Service or if it is received by the board of elections no later than the 20th day before a primary, general, or special election. If the change of enrollment is received after February 14th and before the June primary, it will take effect on the seventh day after the June primary. For special elections, changes can take effect no later than the 10th day before the election. The change will be deemed to take effect on the 25th day after the date of the cancellation mark, whichever is earlier. However, no change will take effect sooner than the 20th day after the receipt of the change of enrollment, unless it is related to a special election.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | referred to election law |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1767 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SHRESTHA, SHIMSKY, CRUZ, SEAWRIGHT, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to change of enrollment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 5-304 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 316 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. A change of enrollment received by the board of elections [will5take effect immediately, provided however, any change of enrollment6received by the board of elections after February fourteenth and before7or on seven days after the June primary shall take effect on the seventh8day after the June primary] showing a dated cancellation mark of the 9 United States Postal Service, or contained in an envelope showing such a 10 dated cancellation mark which is dated not later than the twenty-fifth 11 day before the next ensuing primary, general, or special election, and 12 received no later than the twentieth day before such election, or deliv- 13 ered in person to such county board of elections not later than the 14 tenth day before a special election, shall have such change of enroll- 15 ment effective for such election. Enrollment changes shall be entered as 16 provided in this article and will be deemed to take effect on the twen- 17 ty-fifth day after such change of enrollment is received by the board of 18 elections or if the change of enrollment, or the envelope containing it, 19 bears a dated cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service, 20 such change shall be entered and will be deemed to take effect on the 21 twenty-fifth day after the date of such mark, whichever is earlier; 22 except that no change will take effect sooner than the twentieth day 23 after the receipt of such change of enrollment by the board of elections 24 except with regard to special elections as provided in this subdivision. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 26 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04706-01-5