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Assembly Bill A6306

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows the legislature to allow any qualified voter to choose to vote by absentee ballot

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2009-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 ยง2, Constn

2009-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the legislature to allow any qualified voter to choose to vote by absentee ballot; removes requirements for certain factors to be met before an absentee ballot is granted to qualified voters.

2009-A6306 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6306

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GORDON, KELLNER, SPANO, CAHILL, MARKEY, ALESSI,
  ESPAILLAT, BRODSKY, AUBRY, REILLY -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
  BACALLES,  BRENNAN,  CROUCH,  GOTTFRIED,  HYER-SPENCER,  KOLB, MILLER,
  PAULIN, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Election Law

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in
  relation to absentee ballots

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
  S 2. The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner  in  which,
and the time and place at which, qualified voters who, on the occurrence
of  any  election[, may be absent from the county of their residence or,
if residents of the city of New  York,  from  the  city,  and  qualified
voters  who,  on the occurrence of any election, may be unable to appear
personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disabili-
ty, may vote and for the return and canvass of their  votes]  CHOOSE  TO
VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, MAY DO SO.
  S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD89072-01-9

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