Senate Bill S7967

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S7967 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10200
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8160, A4505
2021-2022: S3820
2023-2024: S1436

2017-S7967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes any registered voter to vote by absentee ballot and to elect to permanently vote by absentee ballot.

2017-S7967 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7967
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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 authorizing any  regis-
   tered voter to vote by absentee ballot
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 8-400 of the election
 law, subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 63  of  the  laws  of
 2010, paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subparagraph (iii) of paragraph
 (c)  of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 375 of the laws of 2015, the
 opening paragraph of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 216 of the laws
 of 1988, paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 263 of the
 laws of 1991, paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 as amended by  chapter  321
 of  the  laws  of 1988, and paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 as separately
 amended by chapters 97 and 104 of the laws of 2010, are amended 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
              

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