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Apr 25, 2016 | print number 5601a |
Apr 25, 2016 | amend and recommit to election law |
Jan 06, 2016 | referred to election law |
Feb 27, 2015 | referred to election law |
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A5601 - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5601 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting quali- fications THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new subdivi- sion 11 is added to read as follows: 1. 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 or she expects to be[: (a) absent from the county of his or her residence, or, if a resident of the city of New York absent from said city; or (b) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which he or she is a qualified voter because of illness or physical disability or duties related to the primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because he or she will be or is a patient in a hospital; or (c) an inmate or patient of a veteran's administration hospital; or (d) absent from his or her voting residence because he or she is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other than a felony, provided that he or she is qualified to vote in the election district of his or her residence] UNABLE TO VOTE IN PERSON DUE TO DUTIES, OCCUPATION, BUSINESS, PERSONAL MATTERS OR STUDIES. 11. NO SINGLE AGENT SHALL COLLECT MORE THAN FIFTEEN ABSENTEE BALLOTS, EXCEPT UPON APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF TWO INSPECTORS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03415-01-5
A5601A (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5601--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting quali- fications THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 375 of the laws of 2015, is amended and a new subdivision 11 is added to read as follows: 1. 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 or she expects to be[: (a) absent from the county of his or her residence, or, if a resident of the city of New York absent from said city; or (b) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which he or she is a qualified voter because of illness or physical disability or duties related to the primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because he or she will be or is a patient in a hospital; or (c) a resident or patient of a veterans health administration hospi- tal; or (d) absent from his or her voting residence because he or she is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other than a felony, provided that he or she is qualified to vote in the election EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03415-03-6