A 3649: Permits the state board of elections to join certain multistate voter list maintenance organizations and provide such organizations with certain voter information; requires the state to join a multistate voter list maintenance organization on or before July 31, 2026.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3649 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. As the official record of 2 all eligible voters in a state, a state's voter registration rolls are 3 the foundation of free, fair, and accurate elections. Illegal voting is 4 exceedingly rare but maintaining accurate voter rolls reduces the oppor- 5 tunity for such behavior and it helps build confidence in election 6 outcomes. However, keeping voter rolls up to date is a challenge 7 because, every day, voters move or die. Voters do not always remember to 8 update their registration when they move. These challenges are especial- 9 ly acute in states with large and highly mobile populations. Partic- 10 ipation in a multistate voter list maintenance organization can improve 11 the accuracy of New York's voter registration rolls. A multistate voter 12 list maintenance organization is a coordinating entity between states 13 that aids them in identifying voters who may no longer be eligible to 14 vote, who have moved, or who have died. A voter list maintenance organ- 15 ization may also offer other information useful to improving voter 16 registration or enhancing the integrity of election administration. 17 § 2. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 10 18 to read as follows: 19 TITLE X 20 MULTISTATE VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP AUTHORIZATION 21 Section 5-1000. Joining a multistate voter list maintenance organiza- 22 tion. 23 5-1001. Designating a member representative. 24 5-1002. Authorization to share registration records with multi- 25 state voter list maintenance organization. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03193-01-5 
 A. 3649 2 1 5-1003. Use of information from a multistate voter list mainte- 2 nance organization. 3 § 5-1000. Joining a multistate voter list maintenance organization. 4 The state board of elections shall join the state as a member in one or 5 more multistate voter list maintenance organizations including, but not 6 limited to, the electronic registration information center or its 7 successor. The state board of elections shall expend funds for member- 8 ship fees, dues and other expenses related to such membership. 9 § 5-1001. Designating a member representative. The state board of 10 elections shall designate the chief election official of the state of 11 New York as the representative to the board of directors of any multi- 12 state voter list maintenance organization that the state is a member of 13 including, but not limited to, the electronic registration information 14 center or its successor. 15 § 5-1002. Authorization to share registration records with multistate 16 voter list maintenance organization. 1. Notwithstanding any other 17 provision of law, the member representative designated under section 18 5-1001 of this title may provide to the multistate voter list mainte- 19 nance organization that they are a member of the following information 20 from the statewide voter registration list as defined in section 5-614 21 of this article: 22 (a) all name fields; 23 (b) all address fields; 24 (c) date of birth; 25 (d) state voter identification number; 26 (e) voter's last registration date; 27 (f) activity dates as defined by the multistate voter list maintenance 28 organization; and 29 (g) voter history. 30 2. The member representative designated under section 5-1001 of this 31 title may also provide any information to the multistate voter list 32 maintenance organization provided to such member representative from the 33 department of motor vehicles pursuant to section two hundred nineteen-a 34 of the vehicle and traffic law. 35 3. The state board of elections shall not provide any information on 36 any person in the confidential voter program pursuant to section 5-508 37 of this article for any purpose under this title. Nothing in this title 38 shall be construed to require the department of motor vehicles to 39 provide any information on any person in such program. 40 4. The state board of elections is authorized to promulgate any rule 41 or regulation necessary to effectuate the provisions of this title. 42 § 5-1003. Use of information from a multistate voter list maintenance 43 organization. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 44 the state board of elections shall use any information provided by a 45 multistate voter list maintenance organization that the state has joined 46 pursuant to section 5-1001 of this title, including but not limited to, 47 the use of such information in list maintenance activities performed 48 pursuant to section 5-614 of this article. 49 2. To avoid inadvertent or accidental registration of persons ineligi- 50 ble to register to vote, any mailing to any potentially eligible but 51 unregistered person shall state the voter registration criteria, includ- 52 ing but not limited to, any citizenship requirements. 53 § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 54 219-a to read as follows: 55 § 219-a. State membership in a multistate voter list maintenance 56 organization. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
 A. 3649 3 1 contrary, the commissioner is authorized to provide to the state's 2 representative to a multistate voter list maintenance organization, 3 designated under section 5-1001 of the election law, the following 4 information: (a) all name fields; (b) all address fields; (c) DMV ID 5 number; (d) last four digits of the DMV ID holder's social security 6 number; (e) date of birth; (f) current record status; (g) phone number; 7 and (h) e-mail address, provided that the conditions and terms of 8 membership are consistent with the provisions of this chapter and title 9 ten of article five of the election law pertaining to such membership or 10 reciprocal recognition of vehicle registrations. 11 2. The commissioner shall not provide any information pursuant to this 12 section of persons who are not citizens. 13 § 4. New York state shall join a multistate voter list maintenance 14 organization promptly after the effective date of this act and shall 15 complete its registration with a multistate voter list maintenance 16 organization on or before July 31, 2027. 17 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.