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Assembly Bill A1001

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the use of titles, initials or abbreviations of names as signatures on absentee ballots

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2009-A1001 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2810
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง8-400 & 8-506, El L

2009-A1001 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the use of titles, initials or abbreviations of names as signatures on absentee ballots.

2009-A1001 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1001

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  BRADLEY,  GALEF, ESPAILLAT, FIELDS,
  GREENE, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COLTON,  DelMONTE,
  DINOWITZ,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, MAYERSOHN,
  McENENY, PHEFFER, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to use of certain titles,
  initials or abbreviations of names as signatures on absentee ballots

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 of section 8-400 of the election
law  are  renumbered subdivisions 7, 8, 9 and 10 and a new subdivision 6
is added to read as follows:
  6. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  USE  OF  TITLES,  INITIALS  OR
CUSTOMARY  ABBREVIATIONS  OF GIVEN NAMES BY THE SIGNERS OF, OR WITNESSES
TO, AN ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST LETTER, AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT  APPLICATION
FORM  OR  AN  ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPE, OR THE USE OF CUSTOMARY ABBREVI-
ATIONS OF ADDRESSES OF SUCH SIGNERS OR WITNESSES, SHALL  NOT  INVALIDATE
SUCH  VOTER'S  SIGNATURE OR WITNESS'S SIGNATURE ON AN APPLICATION FOR AN
ABSENTEE BALLOT OR UPON CANVASS OR RECANVASS OF THE BALLOT  PURSUANT  TO
THIS CHAPTER.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 8-506 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 8 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  During  the examination of absentee, military, special federal and
special presidential voters' ballot envelopes, any inspector shall,  and
any watcher or registered voter properly in the polling place may, chal-
lenge  the  casting of any ballot upon the ground or grounds allowed for
challenges generally, or (A) that the voter was not entitled to cast  an
absentee,  military,  special federal or special presidential ballot, or
(B) that NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PERMISSIVE  USE  OF  TITLES,  INITIALS  OR
CUSTOMARY  ABBREVIATIONS  OF  GIVEN  NAMES,  the signature on the ballot

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

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