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in committee · New York · Senate Jun 2, 2026

S 440: Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
in committee · New York · Senate Jun 1, 2026

S 2056: Enacts the student voter empowerment act

Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.