S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5507
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to deadlines for special
presidential ballot applications for military voters
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 10-106 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 113 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
5. The state board of elections shall forward to the appropriate board
of elections all applications for military ballots received by it. An
application from a military voter not previously registered must be
received by the appropriate board of elections not later than ten days
before a general, primary, or special election in order to entitle the
applicant to vote at such election. An application from a military voter
who is already registered must be received at least [seven] FIFTEEN days
before an election in order to entitle the applicant to vote at such
election; except that an application from such a military voter who
delivers their application to the board of elections in person, must be
received not later than the day before the election.
§ 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 10-108 of the election
law, as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) Ballots for military voters shall be mailed or otherwise distrib-
uted by the board of elections, in accordance with the preferred method
of transmission designated by the voter pursuant to section 10-107 of
this article, as soon as practicable but in any event not later than
forty-six days before a primary or general election; twenty-five days
before a New York city community school board district or city of
Buffalo school district election; fourteen days before a village
election conducted by the board of elections; forty-five days before a
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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special election; and twenty-three days before a special election held
pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section forty-two of the
public officers law. A voter who submits a military ballot application
shall be entitled to a military ballot thereafter for each subsequent
election through and including the next two regularly scheduled general
elections held in even numbered years, including any run-offs which may
occur; provided, however, such application shall not be valid for any
election held within [seven] FIFTEEN days after its receipt. Ballots
shall also be mailed to any qualified military voter who is already
registered and who requests such military ballot from such board of
elections in a letter, which is signed by the voter and received by the
board of elections not later than the [seventh] FIFTEENTH day before the
election for which the ballot is requested and which states the address
where the voter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to
be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form
of application for military ballot. In the case of a primary election,
the board shall deliver only the ballot of the party with which the
military voter is enrolled according to the military voter's registra-
tion records. In the event a primary election is uncontested in the
military voter's election district for all offices or positions except
the party position of member of the ward, town, city or county commit-
tee, no ballot shall be delivered to such military voter for such
election; and the military voter shall be advised of the reason why [he
or she] SUCH MILITARY VOTER will not receive a ballot.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.