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Assembly Bill A758

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for a good faith expectation of unavailability for absentee voting

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2009-A758 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง8-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A247
2013-2014: A419

2009-A758 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a good faith expectation of unavailability for absentee voting purposes.

2009-A758 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   758

                       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, FIELDS, KAVANAGH, SPANO,
  PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, DelMONTE,  DINOWITZ,
  GLICK, GOTTFRIED, JOHN, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MAGNARELLI, MAYERSOHN, McENE-
  NY,  ROSENTHAL,  SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Election Law

AN ACT to amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  absentee  voting
  requirements

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 8-400  of
the  election  law,  as  amended  by chapter 359 of the laws of 1989, is
amended to read as follows:
  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 IN GOOD FAITH ON THE DATE OF
ELECTION TO be:
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00469-01-9

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