Assembly Bill A1455

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1455

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to an absentee ballot
  application

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 3 of section 8-400 of the
election law, subparagraph (i) as amended by chapter 234 of the laws  of
1976, is amended to read as follows:
  (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 residence, or if a resi-
dent  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  the
dates when he 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 SUCH THAT THE APPLICANT WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO GO TO THE APPLICANT'S POLLING PLACE FOR SUCH ELECTION; [that  he
has  been advised by his medical practitioner or christian science prac-
titioner, 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

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

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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 an inmate or patient of a veteran's administration hospital; or
  (v) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial
or confined in prison after a conviction for an  offense  other  than  a
felony and stating the place where he 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
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.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.