| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8850
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 36th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) 32nd Senate District
2019-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8850
SPONSOR: JACKSON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to including a statement
on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential
voters for signature affirmation
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to provide conspicuous language on
absentee ballot envelopes to remind voters that they need to sign the
envelope.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Subdivision 6 of Section 7-122 of the Election Law to
include conspicuous language below the affirmation statement that says
"IMPORTANT TO ABSENTEE VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS
ENVELOPE."
2019-S8850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8850
I N S E N A T E
July 29, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including a statement
on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presiden-
tial voters for signature affirmation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7-122 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
follows:
6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
printed the following statement:
AFFIRMATION
I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
registered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this
envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I will be
unable to appear personally on the day of the election for which this
ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
tofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote
elsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under any imped-
iment which denies me the right to vote.
I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
Date.................20..... .....................................
Signature or mark of voter
.....................................
Signature of Witness (required only
if voter does not sign his or her own
name)
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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