Enacts the voter registration integrity act

• Republican3

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why George Borrello says this is needed

Fundamental to a valid democracy is that those who run the country as elected officials are elected by those who are citizens of the country. Otherwise, those who are illegally in the country or are not citizens would be able to help elect federal, state, and local public officials, whose loyalty to the citizens of the country might be compromised. New York State currently does not require any documentary evidence of U.S. citizenship for new voter registrations. The boards of election require applicants for voter registration to provide a driver's license number or the last four digits of their social security number, but neither number proves U.S. citizenship because driver's licenses will now be issued to illegal immigrants and social security numbers are available to noncitizen immigrants who are in the United States with a temporary work visa or noncitizen permanent residents with a "green card." This legislation will correct this glaring weakness in the New York voter registration process by requiring documentation of U.S. citizen- ship. These documentation requirements are not difficult or onerous, and are similar to the documentation requirements that applied to new driver license applications that apply to lawful residents.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.