A bill implementing automatic voter registration in New York was reportedly recalled by state lawmakers due to a typo that would have changed the meaning of the legislation.

The legislation, passed last week, included a warning that registering to vote as a noncitizen was a crime, and asked noncitizens “not” to check a box to opt out of voting, which could have resulted in them being registered to vote, HuffPost reported.

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The measure would have allowed New Yorkers to be automatically registered to vote when interacting with state agencies, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Health or the Office of Children and Family Services.

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D) said the bill will be reintroduced in the next legislative session, which begins in January, HuffPost noted. It will be implemented in 2021, which is the same timeline as the original legislation.

The lawmakers called the mistake a “significant technical issue”

New York state lawmakers had a historically progressive legislative session in 2019, The Washington Post reported. The legislature passed bills that codified the right to an abortion, ended cash bail for many criminal defendants and worked toward reducing carbon emissions, among other policies.