| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2016 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to elections |
| Jun 25, 2015 |
committed to rules |
| Jun 03, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
| Jun 02, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
| Jun 01, 2015 |
1st report cal.1122 |
| May 14, 2015 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S5399
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 14th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5399
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to
special ballots for board of elections employees
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide election workers with
special ballots any time up until the close of polls on election day
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one - amends section 11-302 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 163 of the laws of 2010 to allow board of election employees
or a person who has been appointed to serve as an inspector of
elections, poll clerk, or election coordinator at a polling place
other than the one at which he or she is registered to vote, to submit
a special ballot any time after such ballot is printed but not later
than the close of polls on election day at any facility utilized for
training by the Board of Elections, or the Board of Elections itself.
Section two sets forth the effective date
JUSTIFICATION: In November of 2012, the special ballots of
fifty-three Ulster County Board of Elections employees were nearly
disenfranchised when it was discovered that they were submitted prior
to the two week window the law requires. Fortunately, it was decided
judicially that these ballots would be opened and counted. This bill
2015-S5399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5399
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2015
___________
Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 special ballots for
board of elections employees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 11-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter
163 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
S 11-302. Special ballots for board of election employees. A person
who is an employee of the board of elections or who has been appointed
to serve as an inspector of elections, poll clerk or election coordina-
tor at a polling place other than the one at which he or she is regis-
tered to vote, may deliver to the inspectors of election of the election
district in which he or she is registered, or to the board of elections,
at any time during the period in which an application for an absentee
ballot may be so delivered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, a
written statement that he or she will be unable to appear at the polling
place for such election district on the day of an election because his
or her duties as an employee of such board or as an inspector, poll
clerk or election coordinator require him or her to be elsewhere. The
board of elections shall provide such voter a special ballot [not earli-
er than two weeks before the election and not later than] ANY TIME PRIOR
TO the close of the polls on election day AND MAKE BALLOTS AVAILABLE AT
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR AT ANY TRAINING SESSIONS FOR ELECTION EMPLOY-
EES AND APPOINTEES, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIB-
UTION OF SUCH BALLOTS TO SUCH VOTERS SHALL BE TIMED TO AFFORD SUCH
VOTERS SUFFICIENT TIME TO CAST SUCH BALLOTS PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE
POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. Such [cast ballots may be delivered to an office
of such board of elections or to any board of inspectors not later than
the close of the polls on election day] BALLOTS SHALL BE VOTED IN THE
OFFICES OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND RETURNED TO THE BOARD ON THE DAY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06315-03-5
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