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Assembly Bill A4569

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that absentee ballots shall not be mailed or delivered to a voter unless such voter has specifically requested to receive an absentee ballot

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2021-A4569 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-406, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A3985
2025-2026: A4223

2021-A4569 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that absentee ballots shall not be mailed or delivered to a voter unless such voter has specifically requested to receive an absentee ballot.

2021-A4569 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4569
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the mailing or delivery
   of absentee ballots
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8-406 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8-406. Absentee ballots, delivery of. If the board shall  find  that
 the  applicant  is a qualified voter of the election district containing
 his OR HER residence as stated in his OR HER statement and that  his  OR
 HER  statement  is sufficient, it shall, as soon as practicable after it
 shall have determined his right thereto,  mail  to  him  OR  HER  at  an
 address  designated  by  him OR HER, or deliver to him OR HER, or to any
 person designated for such purpose in writing by  him  OR  HER,  at  the
 office  of  the board, such an absentee voter's ballot or set of ballots
 and an envelope therefor. If the  ballot  or  ballots  are  to  be  sent
 outside  of  the United States to a country other than Canada or Mexico,
 such ballot or ballots shall be sent by air mail. However, if an  appli-
 cant  who is eligible for an absentee ballot is a resident of a facility
 operated or licensed by, or under the jurisdiction of, the department of
 mental hygiene, or a resident of a facility defined as a nursing home or
 residential health care facility pursuant to subdivisions two and  three
 of section two thousand eight hundred one of the public health law, or a
 resident  of  a  hospital  or  other  facility operated by the Veteran's
 Administration of the United States, such absentee ballot need not be so
 mailed or delivered to any such applicant but, may be delivered  to  the
 voter  in the manner prescribed by section 8-407 of this chapter if such
 facility is located in the county or city in which such voter is  eligi-
 ble to vote.  NO ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL BE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO A VOTER
 UNLESS SUCH VOTER SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS TO RECEIVE AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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