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Senate Bill S3863

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites

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2025-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4482
2015-2016: S4429
2017-2018: S1977
2019-2020: S2772
2021-2022: S5697
2023-2024: S2597

2025-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites.

2025-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3863
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 the number of affidavit
   ballots to be supplied at polling sites
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE  REQUIRED  TO  SUPPLY  EACH
 POLLING  SITE WITHIN THE COUNTY AFFIDAVIT BALLOTS. THE NUMBER OF AFFIDA-
 VIT BALLOTS SUPPLIED TO EACH POLLING SITE SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN FIFTEEN
 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTER TURNOUT IN  EACH  ELECTION  DISTRICT  AT  THE
 POLLING SITE FOR THE LAST ELECTION OF THAT KIND.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05382-01-5

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