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Senate Bill S1324

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles

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2025-S1324 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5041
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-172, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11103
2021-2022: S4726, A2292
2023-2024: S165, A1104

2025-S1324 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles by making it a felony for anyone other than the board of elections to erect, display or maintain an absentee ballot drop-off box or receptacle.

2025-S1324 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1324 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1324
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting  fraudulent
   absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  17-172
 to read as follows:
   § 17-172. ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP-OFF FRAUD.  ANY PERSON OR ENTITY, OTHER
 THAN THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WHO ERECTS, DISPLAYS OR MAINTAINS AN ABSEN-
 TEE BALLOT DROP-OFF BOX OR RECEPTACLE IS GUILTY OF A FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03969-01-5

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