assembly Bill A953

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency

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Jan 11, 2023 referred to election law

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A953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10231
2021-2022: A764

A953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state board of elections to create a plan to permit voting by mail in the event of a natural disaster or state of emergency.

A953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    953
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT relating to the establishment of voting by mail in the case of a
   natural disaster or state of emergency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The state board of elections shall, by September 1, 2023 or
 30  days  after this act shall have become a law, whichever comes first,
 create a plan that provides for the establishment and use of  voting  by
 mail  for  elections in the case of a natural disaster or state of emer-
 gency.  Such plan shall otherwise comply  with  all  provisions  of  the
 election law.  For purposes of this section, "voting by mail" shall mean
 an  election  for  which all eligible voters receive ballots by mail and
 vote by mailing those ballots, depositing the ballots at, as applicable,
 drop-off locations or voter service and polling centers, or, as applica-
 ble, by voting at a voter service and polling center.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02591-01-3