Assembly Bill A6775

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6775 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3366
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-407, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8033
2011-2012: S2347
2015-2016: A3119, S7721
2017-2018: A5464, S2151
2019-2020: A3948, S2794
2021-2022: S5860
2023-2024: S3025

2013-A6775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; board of inspectors shall deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

2013-A6775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6775

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to absentee voting in
  nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section 8-407 of the election law, as
added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new  subdivi-
sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
  5.  The  board  of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors
all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
tors is assigned to attend, together with AN ADDITIONAL  SUPPLY  OF  THE
APPROPRIATE ABSENTEE BALLOT, ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPES, APPLICATIONS FOR
ABSENTEE  BALLOTS, one or more portable voting booths of a type approved
by the state board of elections and such other supplies as such board of
inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
  10-A. THE BOARD OF INSPECTORS SHALL  DELIVER  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  AN
ABSENTEE  BALLOT  TO  ANY RESIDENT OF SUCH FACILITY FOR WHOM IT DOES NOT
HAVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND WHO REQUESTS SUCH AN APPLICATION. THE  BOARD
OF  INSPECTORS SHALL ASSIST ANY SUCH RESIDENT WHO REQUESTS ASSISTANCE TO
COMPLETE SUCH APPLICATION. UPON RECEIVING A COMPLETED  APPLICATION  FROM
ANY  RESIDENT, THE BOARD OF INSPECTORS SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER AN ABSEN-
TEE BALLOT AND BALLOT ENVELOPE TO SUCH VOTER IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY
THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08292-01-3

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