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Senate Bill S5416

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee ballot tracking

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2015-S5416 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง8-414, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5184
2019-2020: S2768
2021-2022: S506, S6395

2015-S5416 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to absentee ballot tracking.

2015-S5416 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5416 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5416

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 ballot  track-
  ing

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

  Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  8-414
to read as follows:
  S  8-414. ABSENTEE BALLOT TRACKING. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
ASSIST COUNTY BOARDS AND THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE
A SECURE WEBSITE THROUGH WHICH ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO HAS SUBMITTED AN
APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, OR WHO  OTHERWISE  HAS  A  RIGHT  TO
RECEIVE  AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT, FOR AN UPCOMING ELECTION PURSUANT TO THIS
CHAPTER MAY VIEW THE CURRENT STATUS OF THEIR  ABSENTEE  APPLICATION  AND
ABSENTEE  BALLOT.  SUCH  WEBSITE  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE USERS TO CREATE AN
ACCOUNT. SUCH WEBSITE SHALL INDICATE FOR EACH  SUCH  VOTER  WHETHER  THE
COUNTY OR NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS:
  1.  RECEIVED  SUCH VOTER'S REQUEST FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, IF APPLICA-
BLE;
  2. APPROVED OR REJECTED SUCH REQUEST, IF APPLICABLE, AND, IF REJECTED,
A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE REASON FOR REJECTION;
  3. MAILED OR DELIVERED AN ABSENTEE  BALLOT  TO  SUCH  VOTER  FOR  SUCH
UPCOMING ELECTION;
  4.  RECEIVED  SUCH VOTER'S COMPLETED ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR SUCH UPCOMING
ELECTION; AND
  5. COUNTED OR REJECTED SUCH VOTER'S COMPLETED ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR SUCH
UPCOMING ELECTION, AND, IF REJECTED, A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE REASON FOR
REJECTION.
  S 2. This act shall be subject to appropriations required to cover the
costs to develop and maintain the website.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.

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

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