Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 28, 2025 |
print number 8257a |
May 28, 2025 |
amend and recommit to election law |
May 05, 2025 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A8257A
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CARROLL R
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- 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
Bill Amendments
2025-A8257 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7689
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8-400, 8-408, 10-104, 10-106, 10-107, 10-108, 11-202, 11-203 & 11-210, El L; amd §305, Ed L
2025-A8257 - Summary
Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.
2025-A8257 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8257 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law and the education law, in relation to overseas military voters and special federal voters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-408 of the election law is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows: (E) MILITARY VOTERS AND SPECIAL FEDERAL VOTERS WHO RECEIVE A FEDERAL POST CARD APPLICATION FORM SHALL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT SUCH FEDERAL POST CARD APPLICATION FORM USING THE ELECTRONIC ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM. § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 10-107 of the election law, as added by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 2. Irrespective of the preferred method of transmission designated by a military voter, a military voter's original completed voter registra- tion application[, military ballot application] and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person notwithstanding that a prior copy was sent to the board of elections by facsimile transmission or electronic mail. A COMPLETED MILITARY BALLOT APPLICATION SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 8-408 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE AN ORIGINAL APPLICATION AND NO CONFORMING PAPER SUBMISSION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FEDERAL POST CARD APPLICATION FORM, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO EITHER THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR ANY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. § 3. 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11782-04-5
2025-A8257A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7689
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§8-400, 8-408, 10-104, 10-106, 10-107, 10-108, 11-202, 11-203 & 11-210, El L; amd §305, Ed L
2025-A8257A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.
2025-A8257A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8257--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law and the education law, in relation to overseas military voters and special federal voters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2023, 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, who requests such 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 EMAIL, or an electronic application submitted by the voter through the electronic absentee ballot application transmittal system established by the state board of elections, which is signed by the voter and received by the board of elections not later than the tenth 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 military voter may request a military ballot or voter registration application or an absentee ballot applica- tion in a letter as provided in subdivision three of section 10-106 of this chapter; and provided further, a special federal voter may request a special federal ballot or voter registration application or an absen- tee ballot application in a letter as provided in paragraph d of subdi- vision one of section 11-202 of this chapter. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of application for absentee ballot if the applicant is registered with such board of elections]. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11782-06-5 A. 8257--A 2
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