NYS Seal

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON ELECTION LAW

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

SUBJECT:
Examining policies to improve in-person voting in New York.

PURPOSE:
To examine possible statutory and regulatory changes to make the in-person voting process in New York more user friendly and the impact of implementing such changes on the state budget.

NEW YORK CITY
Friday, December 14, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th floor
250 Broadway, New York, NY

ORAL TESTIMONY BY INVITATION ONLY

The Committee will take testimony relating to the range of issues associated with making in-person voting in New York less burdensome and more efficient. This hearing will seek legislative, regulatory and administrative solutions to the most common obstacles that stand in the way of a fast and user-friendly voting experience.

Persons invited to present pertinent testimony to the Committee at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to ten minutes' duration. In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committee would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Michael J. Cusick
Member of Assembly
Chairman
Committee on Election Law



PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons invited to testify at the public hearing on examining policies to improve in-person voting in New York are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, e-mail or fax it to:

Laurie Barone
Senior Analyst
Assembly Committee on Election Law
Room 1147 80 So. Swan Street
Albany, New York 12248
Email: Baronel@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4313
Fax: (518) 455-3669
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