| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Dec 20, 2019 | approval memo.64 signed chap.717 |
| Dec 19, 2019 | delivered to governor |
| Jun 13, 2019 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.711 substituted for s3045b |
| Jun 12, 2019 | referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
| Jun 11, 2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.95 rules report cal.95 reported |
| Jun 05, 2019 | reported referred to rules |
| May 31, 2019 | print number 1320a |
| May 31, 2019 | amend (t) and recommit to election law |
| Jan 14, 2019 | referred to election law |
assembly Bill A1320A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Vivian Cook
Richard Gottfried
Jose Rivera
A1320 - Details
A1320 - Summary
Provides that if the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to vote it shall cast and canvass such ballot if such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the requirements of the election law; failure to provide previous address not deemed a fatal defect and ballot cast and counted.
A1320 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1320
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
COOK, GOTTFRIED, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter affidavits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of
section 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter 164 of the laws
of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
(ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
or she has duly registered to vote, the address in such election
district from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a duly
qualified voter in such election district, that his or her registration
poll record appears to be lost or misplaced or that his or her name
and/or his or her signature was omitted from the computer generated
registration list or that he or she has moved within the county or city
since he or she last registered, [the address from which he or she was
previously registered and] the address at which he or she currently
resides, and at a primary election, the party in which he or she is
enrolled. The inspectors of election shall offer such an affidavit to
each such voter whose residence address is in such election district.
Each such affidavit shall SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLY WITH AND be in a form
prescribed by the state board of elections, shall be printed on an
envelope of the size and quality used for an absentee ballot envelope,
and shall contain an acknowledgment that the affiant understands that
any false statement made therein is perjury punishable according to law.
Such form prescribed by the state board of elections shall request
information required to register such voter should the county board
determine that such voter is not registered and shall constitute an
application to register to vote. The voter's name and the entries
required shall then be entered without delay and without further inquiry
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Jonathan Jacobson
Anthony D'Urso
Linda Rosenthal
Multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
Vivian Cook
Richard Gottfried
Jose Rivera
A1320A (ACTIVE) - Details
A1320A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that if the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to vote it shall cast and canvass such ballot if such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the requirements of the election law; failure to provide previous address not deemed a fatal defect and ballot cast and counted.
A1320A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1320--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2019
___________
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
COOK, GOTTFRIED, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to canvass of ballots cast
by certain voters
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the
election law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (v) and (vi) to
read as follows:
(V) 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 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENTS OF THIS CHAPTER.
(VI) IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FINDS THAT THE STATEWIDE VOTER REGIS-
TRATION LIST SUPPLIES SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY A VOTER, FAIL-
URE BY THE VOTER TO INCLUDE ON THE ENVELOPE THE ADDRESS WHERE SUCH VOTER
WAS PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED SHALL NOT BE A FATAL DEFECT AND THE BOARD
SHALL CAST AND CANVASS SUCH BALLOT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02909-05-9