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Senate Bill S699
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S699 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-400, add Art 8 Title 6 §8-600, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S8479
2021-2022: S6151
2019-S699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S699 SPONSOR: BOYLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing any regis- tered voter to vote by absentee ballot and in relation to establishing a right to a final vote PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow any voter to vote by absentee ballot and to allow the right of a final vote on election day at the voter's polling place that would negate all earlier votes. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: 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
2019-S699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 699 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 and in relation to establishing a right to a final vote 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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