Senate Bill S2868

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Simplifies the absentee ballot process by removing requirement of certain information that is to be provided

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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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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 28, 2010	signed chap.63
Apr 16, 2010	delivered to governor
Apr 14, 2010	returned to assembly passed senate
Feb 22, 2010	3rd reading cal.65 substituted for s2868b
Jan 20, 2010	referred to elections delivered to senate passed assembly
Jan 12, 2010	amended on third reading 5276b
Jan 06, 2010	ordered to third reading cal.370 returned to assembly died in senate
Jul 16, 2009	recommitted to rules 3rd reading cal.566 substituted for s2868a
Feb 22, 2010	substituted by a5276b
Feb 02, 2010	advanced to third reading
Feb 01, 2010	2nd report cal.
Jan 26, 2010	1st report cal.65
Jan 20, 2010	print number 2868b
Jan 20, 2010	amend and recommit to codes reported and committed to codes
Jan 06, 2010	referred to elections
Jul 16, 2009	substituted by a5276a
Jun 04, 2009	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2009	2nd report cal.
Jun 02, 2009	1st report cal.566
May 19, 2009	reported and committed to codes
Apr 28, 2009	print number 2868a
Apr 28, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to elections
Mar 04, 2009	referred to elections

Votes

- Apr 14, 2010 - Floor Vote
  A5276
  
  Aye
  
  35
  
  Nay
  
  27
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 14, 2010
      
      aye (35)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Aubertine
      
      Breslin
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Foley
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Morahan
      
      Onorato
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Serrano
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (27)
      
      Alesi
      
      Bonacic
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Johnson
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Leibell
      
      Libous
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Padavan
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Volker
      
      Winner
      
      Young
  Jan 20, 2010 - Elections Committee Vote
  S2868
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Elections Committee Vote: Jan 20, 2010
      
      aye (7)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Dilan
      
      Foley
      
      Griffo
      
      Libous
      
      Morahan
      
      Serrano
  Jan 26, 2010 - Codes Committee Vote
  S2868
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  2
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Codes Committee Vote: Jan 26, 2010
      
      aye (9)
      
      Breslin
      
      Golden
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (5)
      
      Bonacic
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Flanagan
      
      Lanza
      
      Volker
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Duane
      
      Saland
  Jun 2, 2009 - Codes Committee Vote
  S2868
  
  Aye
  
  10
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  3
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Codes Committee Vote: Jun 2, 2009
      
      aye (10)
      
      Breslin
      
      Duane
      
      Golden
      
      Huntley
      
      Klein
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Sampson
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Squadron
      
      nay (3)
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Flanagan
      
      Saland
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Lanza
      
      Volker

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2009-S2868 - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §8-400, El L

2009-S2868 - Summary

Simplifies the absentee ballot process to make it easier to vote in such manner by removing requirement for certain information on circumstances for the voter's absence.

2009-S2868 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2868

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballot
applications


 PURPOSE :

The bill removes the requirement that applicants for an absentee
ballot disclose those personal details of their need for it, which
invade their privacy and compromise their safety and security.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Election Law section 8-400(c)(i) to remove the
requirement that an absentee ballot applicant, who will be absent from
his county of residence for business reasons on election day, must
disclose the special circumstances requiring his absence and his dates
of absence.  Similarly, it amends Election Law section 8-400(ii) to
remove the requirement that applicants who will be absent due to
vacation disclose where they will be and the dates they will be there.
It also amends Election Law section 8-400(iii) to eliminate the
requirement that a person who cannot go to the polls because of
illness or physical disability not only disclose the name and address

of the medical or christian science practitioner who advised him that
he could not go, but also whether the illness or disability is
temporary or permanent, and, if he expects to be in the hospital, the
name and address of that hospital.

Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Although the New York State Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2 sets forth
preconditions for a voter to vote by absentee ballot, the current
Election Law requires that an applicant go beyond meeting those
conditions to disclosing how they have met them and the surrounding
personal and private details.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The disclosure of the reasons why a voter will be out of the county
and the time period of such absence, and the medical information as to
a voter's inability to go to the polls, is an unnecessary intrusion
into the voter's privacy and poses a danger to the safety of the voter
and the security of his property.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S2868 - Bill Text download pdf

2009-S2868A - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §8-400, El L

2009-S2868A - Summary

Simplifies the absentee ballot process to make it easier to vote in such manner by removing requirement for certain information on circumstances for the voter's absence.

2009-S2868A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2868A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the election law, in relation to
absentee ballots

 PURPOSE :

The bill removes the requirement that applicants for an absentee
ballot disclose those personal details of their need for it, which
invade their privacy and compromise their safety and security.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Election Law section 8-400(c)(i) to remove the
requirement that an absentee ballot applicant, who will be absent from
his county of residence for business reasons on election day, must
disclose the special circumstances requiring his absence and his dates
of absence.  Similarly, it amends Election Law section 8-400(ii) to
remove the requirement that applicants who will be absent due to
vacation disclose where they will be and the dates they will be there.
It also amends Election Law section 8-400(iii) to eliminate the
requirement that a person who cannot go to the polls because of
illness or physical disability not only disclose the name and address
of the medical or christian science practitioner who advised him that
he could not go, but also whether the illness or disability is
temporary or permanent, and, if he expects to be in the hospital, the

name and address of that hospital.

Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Although the New York State Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2 sets forth
preconditions for a voter to vote by absentee ballot, the current
Election Law requires that an applicant go beyond meeting those
conditions to disclosing how they have met them and the surrounding
personal and private details.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The disclosure of the reasons why a voter will be out of the county
and the time period of such absence, and the medical information as to
a voter's inability to go to the polls, is an unnecessary intrusion
into the voter's privacy and poses a danger to the safety of the voter
and the security of his property.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S2868A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2868--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 8-400  of  the  election
law, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 359 of
the  laws of 1989, subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as
amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (d) of subdivision
3 as added by chapter 373 of the laws of 1986, subdivision 4 as  amended
by chapter 163 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read as follows:
  1.  A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
if, on the occurrence of any village election conducted by the board  of
elections,  primary  election, special election, general election or New
York city community school board district  or  city  of  Buffalo  school
district election, he [will] OR SHE EXPECTS TO be:
  (a)  [unavoidably] absent from the county of his OR HER residence, or,
if a resident of the city of New York absent from  said  city[,  because
his duties, occupation, business, or studies require him to be elsewhere
on the day of election]; or
  (b)  [absent  from such county or city because he is on vacation else-
where on the day of election; or
  (c)] unable to appear personally at the polling place of the  election
district  in  which he OR SHE is a qualified voter because of illness or
physical disability[, whether permanent or temporary,] or because he  OR
SHE will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
  [(d)  he  is  a  person entitled to a ballot because he is a qualified
voter registered as] (C) an inmate or patient of  a  veteran's  adminis-
tration hospital; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08957-02-9

S. 2868--A                          2

  [(e)  absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of the
city of New York, absent from said city, because of his  accompanying  a
spouse,  parent or child who would be entitled to apply for the right to
vote by absentee ballot if a qualified voter; or
  (f)]  (D) absent from his OR HER voting residence because he OR SHE is
detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting  trial,  or
confined  in JAIL OR prison after a conviction for an offense other than
a felony, provided that he OR SHE is qualified to vote in  the  election
district of his OR HER residence.
  3.  The  application for an absentee ballot when filed must contain in
each instance the following information:
  (a) Applicant's full name,  DATE  OF  BIRTH,  and  residence  address,
including  the  street and number, if any, rural delivery route, if any,
mailing address if different from the residence address and his  OR  HER
town or city and an address to which the ballot shall be mailed.
  (b)  A  statement  that  the  applicant  is a qualified and registered
voter[, and that he does not know of any reason  why  he  is  no  longer
qualified to vote].
  (c)  A statement, as appropriate, that on the day of such election the
applicant expects in good faith to be in one of  the  following  catego-
ries:
  (i)  [unavoidably]  absent from the county of his OR HER residence, or
if a resident of the city of New York absent from  said  city[,  because
his  duties, occupation, business or studies require him to be elsewhere
on such day, and where such duties, occupation, business or studies  are
not  of such a nature as ordinarily to require such absence, a statement
briefly describing the  special  circumstances  requiring  such  absence
and]; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THE APPLICANT EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM SUCH
COUNTY  OR CITY FOR A DURATION COVERING MORE THAN ONE ELECTION AND SEEKS
AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR EACH ELECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL  STATE  the  dates
when he OR SHE expects to begin and end such absence; or
  (ii) [absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of the
city  of  New York absent from said city, because he will be on vacation
elsewhere on such day, the dates upon which he expects to begin and  end
such  vacation, the place or places where he expects to be on such vaca-
tion, the name and address of his employer, if any, or if  self-employed
or retired a statement to such effect; or
  (iii)  ill  or  physically  disabled]  UNABLE TO APPEAR AT THE POLLING
PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR  PHYSICAL  DISABILITY;  [that  he  has  been
advised  by  his medical practitioner or christian science practitioner,
giving said practitioner's name and address, that he will not be able to
go to his polling place for such election, and whether said  illness  is
permanent  or  temporary; if he expects to be a patient in a hospital he
shall state the name and address of said hospital;] or
  [(iv) entitled to a ballot because he is a qualified voter  registered
as]  (III)  an inmate or patient of a veteran's [administraion] ADMINIS-
TRATION hospital; or
  [(v)] (IV) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or  await-
ing  trial  or  confined  in  JAIL  OR  prison after a conviction for an
offense other than a felony and stating the place where he OR SHE is  so
detained or confined[; or
  (vi)  absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of the
city of New York absent from said city, because of his accompanying  his
spouse,  parent  or  child who falls within one of the foregoing catego-
ries; a statement that  the  applicant  resides  in  the  same  election
district  as  such spouse, parent or child, the name and address of such

S. 2868--A                          3

spouse, parent or child, and, unless  the  application  accompanies  the
application  of  such spouse, parent or child, the information as to the
status of such spouse, parent or child required by the applicable  cate-
gory].
  (d) Such application shall permit the applicant to apply for an absen-
tee  ballot for either a primary election or the general election in any
year and for those persons who will be continuously  absent  from  their
county  of residence during the period between the fall primary election
and the general election in any year to apply for ballots for both  such
elections  in  such  year.    A VOTER WHO APPLIES FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
SHALL BE SENT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR  ANY  SPECIAL  ELECTION  OR  WINTER
PRIMARY THAT OCCURS DURING THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE SPECIFIED IN THE APPLI-
CATION.
  4.  A  voter  who  claims permanent illness or physical disability may
make application for an absentee ballot and  the  right  to  receive  an
absentee  ballot for each election thereafter as provided herein without
further application, by filing with the board of elections  an  applica-
tion  which shall contain a statement to be executed by the voter [show-
ing the particulars of his illness or disability]. Upon filing  of  such
application  the  board of elections shall [investigate the facts stated
therein and if satisfied as to  the  truth  thereof,  shall]  cause  the
registration  records  of  the voter to be marked "Permanently Disabled"
and thereafter shall send an absentee ballot for each succeeding  prima-
ry,  special  or general election to such voter at his OR HER last known
address by first class mail with a request to the postal authorities not
to forward such ballot but to return it in five days in the  event  that
it  cannot be delivered to the addressee. The mailing of such ballot for
each  election  shall  continue  until  such  voter's  registration   is
cancelled.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2009-S2868B (ACTIVE) - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §8-400, El L

2009-S2868B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Simplifies the absentee ballot process to make it easier to vote in such manner by removing requirement for certain information on circumstances for the voter's absence.

2009-S2868B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2868B

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots


 PURPOSE :

The bill removes the requirement that applicants for an absentee
ballot disclose those personal details of their need for it, which
invade their privacy and compromise their safety and security.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Amends Election Law section 8-400(c)(i) to remove the
requirement that an absentee ballot applicant, who will be absent from
his county of residence for business reasons on election day, must
disclose the special circumstances requiring his absence and his dates
of absence. Similarly, it amends Election Law section 8-400(ii) to
remove the requirement that applicants who will be absent due to
vacation disclose where they will be and the dates they will be there.
It also amends Election Law section 8-400(iii) to eliminate the
requirement that a person who cannot go to the polls because of
illness or physical disability not only disclose the name and address
of the medical or christian science practitioner who advised him that
he could not go, but also whether the illness or disability is

temporary or permanent, and, if he expects to be in the hospital, the
name and address of that hospital.

Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Although the New York State constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2 sets forth
preconditions for a voter to vote by absentee ballot, the current
Election Law requires that an applicant go beyond meeting those
conditions to disclosing how they have met them and the surrounding
personal and private details.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The disclosure of the reasons why a voter will be out of the county
and the time period of such absence, and the medical information as to
a voter's inability to go to the polls, is an unnecessary intrusion
into the voter's privacy and poses a danger to the safety of the voter
and the security of his property.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S2868B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 2868--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Elections --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
  Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favora-
  bly from said committee and committed to the  Committee  on  Codes  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 3 and 4 of section 8-400 of the election
law, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 359 of
the laws of 1989, paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as amended  by  chapter
426  of  the laws of 2009, subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
sion 3 as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1976, subparagraph (iii)
of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 426 of the  laws
of  2009,  paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 as added by chapter 373 of the
laws of 1986, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 163  of  the  laws  of
1985, are amended to read as follows:
  1.  A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
if, on the occurrence of any village election conducted by the board  of
elections,  primary  election, special election, general election or New
York city community school board district  or  city  of  Buffalo  school
district election, he [will] OR SHE EXPECTS TO be:
  (a)  [unavoidably] absent from the county of his OR HER residence, or,
if a resident of the city of New York absent from  said  city[,  because
his duties, occupation, business, or studies require him to be elsewhere
on the day of election]; or
  (b)  [absent  from such county or city because he is on vacation else-
where on the day of election; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08957-03-0

S. 2868--B                          2

  (c)] unable to appear personally at the polling place of the  election
district  in  which he or she is a qualified voter because of illness or
physical disability[, whether permanent or temporary,] or duties related
to the primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or physically
disabled, or because he or she will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
  [(d)  he  is  a  person entitled to a ballot because he is a qualified
voter registered as] (C) an inmate or patient of  a  veteran's  adminis-
tration hospital; or
  [(e)  absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of the
city of New York, absent from said city, because of his  accompanying  a
spouse,  parent or child who would be entitled to apply for the right to
vote by absentee ballot if a qualified voter; or
  (f)] (D) absent from his OR HER voting residence because he OR SHE  is
detained  in  jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or
confined in JAIL OR prison after a conviction for an offense other  than
a  felony,  provided that he OR SHE is qualified to vote in the election
district of his OR HER residence.
  3. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must  contain  in
each instance the following information:
  (a)  Applicant's  full  name,  DATE  OF  BIRTH, and residence address,
including the street and number, if any, rural delivery route,  if  any,
mailing  address  if different from the residence address and his OR HER
town or city and an address to which the ballot shall be mailed.
  (b) A statement that the  applicant  is  a  qualified  and  registered
voter[,  and  that  he  does  not know of any reason why he is no longer
qualified to vote].
  (c) A statement, as appropriate, that on the day of such election  the
applicant  expects  in  good faith to be in one of the following catego-
ries:
  (i) [unavoidably] absent from the county of his OR HER  residence,  or
if  a  resident  of the city of New York absent from said city[, because
his duties, occupation, business or studies require him to be  elsewhere
on  such day, and where such duties, occupation, business or studies are
not of such a nature as ordinarily to require such absence, a  statement
briefly  describing  the  special  circumstances  requiring such absence
and]; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THE APPLICANT EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM SUCH
COUNTY OR CITY FOR A DURATION COVERING MORE THAN ONE ELECTION AND  SEEKS
AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT  FOR EACH ELECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL STATE the dates
when he OR SHE expects to begin and end such absence; or
  (ii) [absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of the
city of New York absent from said city, because he will be  on  vacation
elsewhere  on such day, the dates upon which he expects to begin and end
such vacation, the place or places where he expects to be on such  vaca-
tion,  the name and address of his employer, if any, or if self-employed
or retired a statement to such effect; or
  (iii)] unable to appear at a polling place because of illness or phys-
ical disability or duties related to the primary care  of  one  or  more
individuals who are ill or physically disabled; or
  [(iv)  entitled to a ballot because he is a qualified voter registered
as] (III) an inmate or patient of a veteran's  [administraion]  ADMINIS-
TRATION hospital; or
  [(v)]  (IV) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or await-
ing trial or confined in JAIL  OR  prison  after  a  conviction  for  an
offense  other than a felony and stating the place where he OR SHE is so
detained or confined[; or

S. 2868--B                          3

  (vi) absent from the county of his residence, or if a resident of  the
city  of New York absent from said city, because of his accompanying his
spouse, parent or child who falls within one of  the  foregoing  catego-
ries;  a  statement  that  the  applicant  resides  in the same election
district  as  such spouse, parent or child, the name and address of such
spouse, parent or child, and, unless  the  application  accompanies  the
application  of  such spouse, parent or child, the information as to the
status of such spouse, parent or child required by the applicable  cate-
gory].
  (d) Such application shall permit the applicant to apply for an absen-
tee  ballot for either a primary election or the general election in any
year and for those persons who will be continuously  absent  from  their
county  of residence during the period between the fall primary election
and the general election in any year to apply for ballots for both  such
elections  in  such  year.    A VOTER WHO APPLIES FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
SHALL BE SENT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR  ANY  SPECIAL  ELECTION  OR  WINTER
PRIMARY THAT OCCURS DURING THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE SPECIFIED IN THE APPLI-
CATION.
  4.  A  voter  who  claims permanent illness or physical disability may
make application for an absentee ballot and  the  right  to  receive  an
absentee  ballot for each election thereafter as provided herein without
further application, by filing with the board of elections  an  applica-
tion  which shall contain a statement to be executed by the voter [show-
ing the particulars of his illness or disability]. Upon filing  of  such
application  the  board of elections shall [investigate the facts stated
therein and if satisfied as to  the  truth  thereof,  shall]  cause  the
registration  records  of  the voter to be marked "Permanently Disabled"
and thereafter shall send an absentee ballot for each succeeding  prima-
ry,  special  or general election to such voter at his OR HER last known
address by first class mail with a request to the postal authorities not
to forward such ballot but to return it in five days in the  event  that
it  cannot be delivered to the addressee. The mailing of such ballot for
each  election  shall  continue  until  such  voter's  registration   is
cancelled.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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