Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 16, 2021 |
signed chap.273 |
Jul 12, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 10, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.151 substituted for a5783 |
Mar 10, 2021 |
substituted by s264 |
Mar 04, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.151 |
Mar 01, 2021 |
reported |
Feb 25, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A5783
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
TAYLOR
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S264 - Signed by Governor
- 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
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2021-A5783 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A5783 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to absentee voting application deadlines; provides all applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail must be received by the board of elections no later than the fifteenth day before the election for a ballot is first requested; provides applications delivered in person shall be received no later than the day before such election.
2021-A5783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5783 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting appli- cation deadlines THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: (c) All applications REQUESTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BY MAIL must be [mailed to] RECEIVED BY the board of elections not later than the [seventh] FIFTEENTH day before the election for which a ballot is first requested [or delivered to]. APPLICATIONS FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT THAT WILL BE DELIVERED IN PERSON AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE VOTER OR TO AN AGENT OF THE VOTER MUST BE RECEIVED BY such board not later than the day before such election. § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 138 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: (d) The board of elections shall mail an absentee ballot to every qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, when such voter requests an absentee ballot from such board of elections in writing in a letter, telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax number from which the writing is sent or other written instrument, or an electronic application submitted by the voter by electronic mail or through an electronic transmittal system or web portal established by the state board of elections or city or county board of elections, which is received by the board of elections not later than the [seventh] FIFTEENTH day before the election for which the ballot is first requested and which states the address where the voter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed; provided, however, a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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