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Assembly Bill A4605

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites

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2013-A4605 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4482
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2051, S4429
2017-2018: A4256, S1977
2019-2020: A1278, S2772
2021-2022: S5697
2023-2024: S2597
2025-2026: S3863

2013-A4605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites.

2013-A4605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4605

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of affidavit
  ballots to be supplied at polling sites

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

  Section  1.  Section  7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12. EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  SUPPLY  EACH
POLLING  SITE WITHIN THE COUNTY AFFIDAVIT BALLOTS. THE NUMBER OF AFFIDA-
VIT BALLOTS SUPPLIED TO EACH POLLING SITE SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN FIFTEEN
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT IN  EACH  ELECTION  DISTRICT  AT  THE
POLLING SITE FOR THE LAST ELECTION OF THAT KIND.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07745-01-3

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