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Senate Bill S7482

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a secure website and mobile application to allow voters to view the status of their absentee ballots

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2021-S7482 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4255
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-406, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8949, A10956

2021-S7482 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a secure website and mobile application that allows voters who have submitted an application for an absentee ballot to view the current status of their application and absentee ballot.

2021-S7482 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7482 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7482
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing a  website
   and  mobile application that allows voters to view the status of their
   absentee ballot applications and 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. 1. If  the  board  shall  find
 that  the  applicant  is  a  qualified  voter  of  the election district
 containing his residence as stated in his statement and that his  state-
 ment is sufficient, it shall, as soon as practicable after it shall have
 determined  his  right  thereto, mail to him at an address designated by
 him, or deliver to him, or to any person designated for such purpose  in
 writing  by  him,  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 applicant who is eligible for an  absentee  ballot  is  a
 resident  of  a facility operated or licensed by, or under the jurisdic-
 tion 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] VETERANS HEALTH 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] TITLE if such facility  is
 located in the county or city in which such voter is eligible to vote.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06178-01-1
 S. 7482                             2

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