This section summarizes the bills comprising our report card. The category of the bill and BK State Senators supportive of the bill as either a sponsor or co-sponsor is also listed.

Bill No. S1445 | Enables victims of sexual violence to have their voter records sealed. Category IV Election Integrity; Co-sponsor Diane Savino

Bill No. S1512A | Enacts the voter friendly ballot act to create a ballot layout that is easy for voters to read and use. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Kevin Paker

Bill No. S1630A | Provides for bilingual voting materials. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Martin Golden

Bill No. S1660 | Requires county boards of elections to provide an electronic system for voters to apply for absentee ballots. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S1661 | Allows a person who is at least sixteen years old and otherwise qualified to register to vote, to pre-register to vote. Also requires local boards of education to adopt policies to promote student voter registration and pre-registration. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Kevin Parker, Diane Savino, Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. 1697 | Enacts the voting rights expansion act; allows for same-day voter registration, expands the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of real-time statewide voter registration database, special provisions for voting by hospitalized veterans and nursing home residents, and special ballots for election employees. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S1731 | Provides that the Board of Elections shall accept voter registrations electronically through its website. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S1732A | Provides that the Board of Elections shall transfer voter registration information for voters who move within the state to their new residential district. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Kevin Parker, Diane Savino

Bill No. S2151 | Provides for assistance for senior citizens and other residents of nursing homes and senior citizen residences to apply for absentee ballots, delivering the ballots to them, and assisting them in completing and casting the ballot. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker

Bill No. S223 | Requires the Board of Elections to provide Russian interpreters at certain polling locations in cities having a population of more than one million people. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Martin Golden

Bill No. S2260 | To codify voter protections in New York law that were formerly guaranteed under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1964. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S2788 | Updates the Election Law to Authorize computer generated registration lists at poll sites, to update the list of supplies to be delivered to the poll sites, and to make certain gender neural corrections to the Election Law. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Jesse Hamilton, Brian Kavanagh, Velmanette Montgomery, Diane Savino

Bill No. S2791 | Adds an optional section to voter registration forms to allow a space for email addresses. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S2844 | Amends the Election Law to provide voting materials in Haitian Creole. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Kevin Parker, Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S2845 | Relates to providing voting materials and assistance, such as language interpreters, in Haitian Creole. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Kevin Parker, Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S2940 | Amends procedures to change party enrollment o twenty five days prior to a primary, general, or special election. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Velmanette Montgomery

Bill No. S2950 | Provides for early voting eight days prior to any election. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Jesse Hamilton, Kevin Parker, Velmanette Montgomery

Bill No. S3092 | Provides for the creation of a polling place on the contiguous property or location approved by the college or university that contains three hundred or more registrants. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S3284 | To provide re-enfranchisement for voters with felony convictions. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S3304A | Enacts the voter empowerment act of New York which provides for automatic voter registration of eligible citizens at designated government agencies, permits the pre-registration of sixteen and seventeen year olds, transfers the registrations of New Yorkers who move within the state, provides for access to voter registration records and the registration of eligible citizens over the Internet, and moves the deadlines for voter registration and party enrollment. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Jesse Hamilton, Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker, Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S3405 | Provides that attorneys licensed to practice in the state or law students who attend an American Bar Association accredited law school may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state. Category Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Kevin Parker, Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S3436 | The Modernized Voter Registration Act of New York provides for automatic voter registration and designated government agencies, permits same-day registration, early voting, vote by mail, pre-registration at age 16, register and update voter registration online, prohibits voter caging and interference with a voter’s right to vote. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker, Co-sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S3686 | Requires the use of a simple and easy to read typeface on paper ballots. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S4074 | Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4202 | Directs the state board of elections to establish procedures to assure the timely processing and counting of affidavit ballots. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4205 | Extends the right to vote in all elections to aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4210 | Requires the Board of Elections in the City of New York, upon written request by a candidate for public office, to re-canvass voting machines prior to opening paper ballots. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4213 | Provides for early voting twenty days prior to a primary or general election and eight days prior to a special election. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4225 | Establishes a program of early voting prior to a primary, general, or special election through the use of special ballots. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S4440 | Authorizes person at least sixteen years old to submit and application to register to vote. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Montgomery

Bill No. S5115A | Enacts the Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2018 to establish an electronic personal voter registration process and online voter registration. Category II Ability to Vote; Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S5646 | Lowers the voting age to seventeen years old and requires students to receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom. Category I Right to Vote; Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Kevin Parker

Bill No. S5741 | Provides that the board of elections will mail special ballots to victims of domestic violence who apply for one seven to thirty days prior to the election. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Diane Savino

Bill No. S5825 | To require provision of voting materials in Russian. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Diane Savino, Co-sponsor Martin Golden

Bill No. S6011 | Ensures that voter registration and other records relating to a victim of domestic violence are kept confidential. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Diane Savino

Bill No. S6164 | To ensure that voters rights are not abridged on account of race, color, or language minority status, the implementation of certain changes in voting-related regulations and policies will be subject to pre-clearance. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Co-sponsor Martin Dilan, Brian Kavanagh, Diane Savino

Bill No. S7090 | Establishes the Uniform Election Night Procedure Act to streamline the process for winding down poll sites at the end of election day. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S7109 | Amends procedures to change party enrollment o twenty five days prior to a primary, general, or special election. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S7131 | Reduces the time period prior to an election to register to vote to the constitutional minimum of ten days. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S7144 | Requires the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board of elections to conduct a risk-limiting audit of voter verifiable audit records from voting machines or systems. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S7386 | Provides that the fall primary day in 2018 shall be the first Thursday following the second Monday in September. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Simcha Felder

Bill No. S7400A | Establishes early voting and the New York State early voting fund. Early voting will begin on the eighth day prior to any election. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh, Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Martin Dilan, Velmanette Montgomery

Bill No. S7538A | Enacts the voter friendly ballot act to create a ballot layout that is easy for voters to read and use. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh, Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton, Kevin Parker

Bill No. S7962 | Amends the Election Law to allow a voter to apply for an absentee ballot for any reason. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Co-sponsor Martin Golden, Diane Savino

Bill No. S960 | Convicted felons may vote if such person’s maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or such person is serving a term of parole, presumptive release, conditional release, or post-release supervision. Category I Right to Vote; Co-sponsor Velmanette Montgomery, Kevin Parker, Jesse Hamilton, Brian Kavanagh, Diane Persaud

Bill No. S8654 | Provides for protections against voter purging concerning voter challenges; and enacts criminal penalties for violations. Category IV Election Integrity; Sponsor Brian Kavanagh

Bill No. S2653 | Proposed amendment of the New York State constitution allowing qualified voters to vote by mail. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S3894 | Proposed amendment of the New York State constitution to prohibit imposing voting qualifications that would result in the denial or abridgment of the right of a citizen to vote on account of race or color, religion, gender preference or disability. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker, Co-sponsor Jesse Hamilton

Bill No. S3409 | The Modernized Voter Registration Act of New York provides for automatic voter registration at designated government agencies, same-day registration, register and update voter registration online, and pre-registration at age 16. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Kevin Parker

Bill No. S4216 | Amends the New York State constitution to repeal the requirement that an individual must make a “personal application” in order to register to vote. This amendment would assist in the adoption of automatic voter registration. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S7369 | Authorizes the New York State Department of Transportation and local municipalities to place variable message signs to display election and voting related messages along highways. Category III Access/Ease of Voting; Sponsor Martin Dilan, Co-sponsor Roxanne Persaud

Bill No. S9001 | Requires the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit voter registrations to the board of elections on a daily basis. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Martin Dilan

Bill No. S8108 | Enables individuals to register to vote on tax return software while doing their taxes. Category II Ability to Vote; Sponsor Roxanne Persaud

Bill No. S3979 | Amends the New York State Constitution to allow residents who will be 18 years old on the date of the presidential election to vote in the preceding primary election. Category I Right to Vote; Sponsor Diane Savino