Senate Bill S4083

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the board of elections to provide a registered voter with a sample ballot via mail

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4083 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3786
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4-117 & 7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S668
2013-2014: S46
2015-2016: S1344
2017-2018: S473

2009-S4083 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to provide a registered voter with a sample ballot not less than ten days nor more than twenty days before an election via mail.

2009-S4083 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4083 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4083

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SCHNEIDERMAN, DIAZ, DUANE, FOLEY, SERRANO -- read
  twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
  Committee on Elections

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
  elections to provide a registered voter with a sample ballot prior  to
  an election

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 4-117 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  NOT LESS THAN TEN DAYS NOR MORE THAN
TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE DAY OF THE GENERAL ELECTION IN EACH  YEAR,  SHALL
SEND  BY  FIRST  CLASS  MAIL  ON  WHICH  IS ENDORSED "ADDRESS CORRECTION
REQUESTED" AND WHICH CONTAINS A REQUEST THAT ANY SUCH MAIL RECEIVED  FOR
PERSONS  NOT  RESIDING  AT  THE  ADDRESS  BE DROPPED BACK IN THE MAIL, A
SAMPLE BALLOT, AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 7-118 OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
A FORM APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS,  TO  EVERY  REGISTERED
VOTER  WHO  HAS  BEEN  REGISTERED  WITHOUT A CHANGE OF ADDRESS SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF SUCH YEAR. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED  TO
SEND  SUCH SAMPLE BALLOT TO VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS.  IN LIEU OF SEND-
ING SUCH COMMUNICATION WITH  SUCH  SAMPLE  BALLOT  TO  EVERY  REGISTERED
VOTER,  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  MAY  SEND A SINGLE COMMUNICATION TO A
HOUSEHOLD CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE REGISTERED VOTER, PROVIDED  THAT  THE
NAMES  OF ALL SUCH VOTERS APPEAR AS PART OF THE ADDRESS ON SUCH COMMUNI-
CATION.
  S 2. Section 7-118 of the election law, as amended by chapter  157  of
the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
shall  be  in  use  at  that election. Such facsimile and sample ballots

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02814-01-9
              

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