Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A79

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that election workers shall be given special ballots as soon as such ballots are printed

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2017-A79 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4119
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3750
2015-2016: A2086
2019-2020: A202, S5199

2017-A79 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the board of elections to provide special ballots to board of election employees anytime up to the close of polls on election day.

2017-A79 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    79
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. BUCHWALD, COOK, FAHY, GALEF,  JAFFEE,  MOSLEY,  RIVERA,  ROSENTHAL,
   SEPULVEDA, SKARTADOS, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law

 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:
   § 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,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  THE
 DISTRIBUTION  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. Such ballots shall be
 retained  at  the  board of elections and cast and canvassed pursuant to
 the provisions of section 9-209 of this chapter.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.