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Senate Bill S7555

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee voting

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2013-S7555 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1880
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §7-126, amd §8-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8093
2015-2016: S3341, A2630
2017-2018: S8320, A4920
2019-2020: A4282

2013-S7555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to absentee voting.

2013-S7555 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7555

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting; and to
  repeal section 7-126 of the  election  law  relating  to  the  use  of
  ballots

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

  Section 1. Section 7-126 of the election law is REPEALED.
  S 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400  of  the
election  law,  paragraph  (c)  as amended by chapter 321 of the laws of
1988 and paragraph (d) as separately amended by chapters 97 and  104  of
the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
  (c)  All  applications  must  be  [mailed to] RECEIVED BY the board of
elections [not] NO later than the [seventh] day before the election  for
which  a ballot is first requested [or delivered to such board not later
than the day before such election].
  (d) The board of elections shall mail  an  absentee  ballot  to  every
qualified  voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests such
an absentee ballot from such board of elections in writing in a  letter,
telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax number from
which  the  writing is sent or other written instrument, which is signed
by the voter and received by the board of elections not earlier than the
thirtieth day nor later than the [seventh] day before the  election  for
which  the  ballot is first requested and which states the address where
the voter is registered and the address to which the  ballot  is  to  be
mailed;  provided,  however,  a  military  voter  may request a military
ballot or voter registration application or an absentee ballot  applica-
tion  in  a letter as provided in subdivision three of section 10-106 of
this chapter; and provided further, a special federal voter may  request
a  special federal ballot or voter registration application or an absen-
tee ballot application in a letter as provided in paragraph d of  subdi-
vision  one  of  section  11-202 of this chapter. The board of elections
shall enclose with such ballot a form of application for absentee ballot
if the applicant is registered with such board of elections.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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