New York Statutes § 5-106 Qualifications of voters; reasons for exclusion
Statute Text
1.
No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or any other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an election, or for registering or refraining from registering as a voter, or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such vote or registration, or who shall make or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of an election, shall vote at such election.
2.
No person who has been convicted of a felony
and sentenced to a period of imprisonment for such felony
pursuant to the laws of this state, shall have the right to register for or vote at any election
[unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor, or his maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or he has been discharged from parole. The governor, however, may attach as a condition to any such pardon a provision that any such person shall not have the right of suffrage until it shall have been separately restored to him]
while he or she is incarcerated for such felony
.
3.
No person who has been convicted in a federal court, of a felony, or a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state,
and sentenced to a period of imprisonment for such felony,
shall have the right to register for or vote at any election
[unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the president of the United States, or his maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired, or he has been discharged from parole]
while he or she is incarcerated for such felony
.
4.
No person who has been convicted in another state for a crime or offense which would constitute a felony under the laws of this state
and sentenced to a period of imprisonment for such felony,
shall have the right to register for or vote at any election in this state
[unless he shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor or other appropriate authority of such other state, or his maximum sentence has expired, or he has been discharged from parole]
while he or she is incarcerated for such felony
.
5.
The provisions of subdivisions two, three and four of this section shall not apply if the person so convicted is not sentenced to either death or imprisonment, or if the execution of a sentence of imprisonment is suspended.
6.
No person who has been adjudged incompetent by order of a court of competent judicial authority shall have the right to register for or vote at any election in this state unless thereafter he shall have been adjudged competent pursuant to law.
History
Amended by New York Laws 2021 , ch. 103 , Secs. 1 , 2 , 3 eff. 5/4/2021 .
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