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A 7887: Requires persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States.
What A 7887 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the election law to ensure that election commissioners are eligible to hold office. To be eligible, a person must be a registered voter in the county where they are appointed, a citizen of the United States, and not hold any other public office, except for certain exceptions such as commissioner of deeds, notary public, village or town justice, member of a community board within the city of New York, trustee or officer of a school district outside of a city. The changes will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7887
- What is the current status of A 7887?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7887 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 7887 pass?
- Not yet. A 7887 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7887, and where is it now?
- A 7887 was authored by Asm. Matthew Slater with 5 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 234 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7887 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring persons appointed as election commissioners to be citizens of the United States The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-200 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. No person shall be appointed as election commissioner or continue 5 to hold office who is not a registered voter in the county [and], not an 6 enrolled member of the party recommending [his] such person's appoint- 7 ment, not a citizen of the United States, or who holds any other public 8 office, except that of commissioner of deeds, notary public, village 9 officer, city or town justice, member of a community board within the 10 city of New York or trustee or officer of a school district outside of a 11 city. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05179-01-5
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