(In addition to our 2023 Legislative priorities, the Democratic Caucus of Commissioners are often asked to weigh in on Election related bills by members of the NYS Senate and Assembly. Here is a list of bills that our caucus has decided to support and hope are passed before then end of the 2023 session. More bills and support memos will be added over the next few weeks.)
S4496 Requires the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY institutions to grant course credit to students who serve as election inspectors, poll clerks or election coordinators. Read our Memorandum of Support
S371/A2633 An act to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the “democracy preservation act”; and in relation to prohibiting contributions by foreign-influenced business entities and requiring certification. Read our Memorandum of Support
S438/A928 An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring electors to vote for the presidential and vice presidential candidate who were nominated by the political party that nominated the presidential elector. Read our Memorandum of Support
S945/A4072 An act to amend the election law, in relation to making technical corrections thereto.
S2298/A1176 An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that subpoenas relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued
S2349A An act to amend the election law, in relation to providing that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain.
S7046/A3291 Makes the expansion of absentee voting provisions permanent.
S5943/A725 Candidate order on ballot. Read our Memorandum of Support
A3250/S6735 Pre-registered 17 yr old request absentee ballot.
S2381/A5007 Relates to enabling constitutionally qualified electors to register to vote and to cast a ballot on the same day at a polling location.
S6195/A1177 Relates to ballots submitted in envelopes that are sealed with tape, paste or any other binding agent or device and have no indication of tampering.
A1127 Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party’s primary election
S1733/A5180 Establishes a school voter registration access program
S242/A6971 Establishing portable polling places for Early Voting
S585 Allows NYS Board of Elections to remove Elections Commissioner for cause
Dustin M. Czarny 