Relates to notices to voters of registration cancellation or inactive status

Latest action Jan 7, 2026

Ensures that boards of elections provide adequate notice to each voter before and after a board cancels the voter's registration or places such voter in inactive status.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A2635, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Election Law.

Committee

Election Law · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Elections · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that boards of elections provide adequate notice to each voter before and after a board cancels the voter's registration or places the voter's registration in inactive status. The bill would ensure that boards of elections use all addresses and communication methods in the voter's registration record to notify the voter of cancellation or inactive status, including email address and phone number when an email address or phone number is in the voter's registration record. This bill would also ensure that each voter is notified of the reason that the voter's registration has been cancelled or placed in inactive status, and that boards of elections use uniform, statewide forms of notice approved by the state board of elections for notification purposes.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Committee vote · Elections
Senate ElectionsMay 28, 2025Result: passed
(5) (2) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Amy Paulin, Demond Meeks and 8 more on Agora

Democratic10

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Leroy Comrie says this is needed

Many voters arrive at the polls only to find that, without their know- ledge, their voter registration was cancelled or placed in inactive status. This may occur even though there was no change in the voter's residence or qualification to vote. Some voters' registrations have been cancelled intentionally and ille- gally. City and State reported that, prior to the 2016 election, the New York City Board of Elections illegally purged 200,000 voters from the poll books in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. The NYC Board of Elections subsequently settled a lawsuit over the purge by admitting that it broke federal and state election laws. Boards of elections can cancel voter registrations or place them in inactive status based on information from the postal authorities and other government agencies suggesting that the voter has a new address or has asked for mail to be forwarded (Election Law 5-208, 5-402 & 5-712). This information, however, may be incorrect. Voters sometimes forward their mail, or move temporarily, without giving up their registration address. This bill would require more robust efforts by boards of elections to notify voters before changing their registration status. For example, under current law, when a board believes a voter's regis- tration should be cancelled because it has a new address for the voter, the board is required to mail a notice only to the address where the voter was last registered. (Election Law, 5-402) If the voter has moved to a new address, the notice may not reach the voter. This bill would require the board to mail notice to the voter's last registered address

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.

Full history

Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate
Jun 13, 2025
In committee
COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jun 4, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 29, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate

Show full history (3 earlier events)

May 28, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1332
1ST REPORT CAL.1332
NY Senate
Feb 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate
Jan 21, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly

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