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Assembly Bill A3244

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes absentee ballots in an election to incorporate a village

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2019-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-220, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10231
2021-2022: A5132

2019-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes absentee ballots in an election to incorporate a village.

2019-A3244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3244
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the village law, in relation to authorizing absentee
   ballots in an election to incorporate a village
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  2-220  of the village law is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Manner of voting. A. Voting may  be  either  IN  PERSON  by  voting
 machine or by paper ballots, OR BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. Paper ballots may be
 written  or  printed  and shall be consecutively numbered. Ballots shall
 contain the words "for incorporation" and "against incorporation".
   B. BALLOTS FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS SHALL BE, AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE,  IN
 THE  SAME FORM AS THOSE TO BE VOTED ON ELECTION DAY, IF ANY, EXCEPT THAT
 BALLOTS SHALL HAVE THE WORDS "ABSENTEE BALLOT",  ENDORSED  THEREON.  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE ELECTION LAW REGARDING ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOT INCONSIST-
 ENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO SUCH BALLOTS SO FAR AS THE SAME
 ARE PRACTICABLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05236-01-9

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