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senate Bill S4074
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Martin Malavé Dilan
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Michael Gianaris
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
S4074 (ACTIVE) - Details
S4074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4074 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to counting of affidavit ballots PURPOSE : To provide for the casting and counting of ballots of voters, otherwise eligible, when the voter appears at the wrong Election District but within the proper county. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Section 9-209 sub 2(a) by adding a new subparagraph 3 to require The Board of Elections to cast and count such ballots. EXISTING LAW : In Panio s C. V. Sunderland et al., _NY3d,_, the Court of Appeals held that, under existing law, such ballots should not be counted. JUSTIFICATION : Inspectors are required to offer an affidavit ballot when the voter appears at the proper Election District but the name cannot be found in the poll record. If the inspectors offer an affidavit ballot to a
S4074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4074
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- 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 counting of affidavit
ballots
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by chapter 308 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled
to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot
if such board finds that the voter appeared at [the correct] A polling
place IN THE CORRECT COUNTY, regardless of the fact that the voter may
have appeared in the incorrect election district.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09264-01-7
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