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Senate Bill S4229

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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2025-S4229 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1551
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-407, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8033
2011-2012: S2347
2013-2014: S3366
2015-2016: S7721
2017-2018: S2151
2019-2020: S2794
2021-2022: S5860
2023-2024: S3025, A6076

2025-S4229 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; requires board of inspectors to deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

2025-S4229 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4229 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4229
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 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  absentee  voting  in
   nursing homes and senior citizen residences
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-407  of  the  election  law,  as
 added  by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
   5. The board of elections shall deliver to each  board  of  inspectors
 all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
 are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
 tors  is  assigned  to attend, together with AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF THE
 APPROPRIATE ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE  ELECTION  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE
 FACILITY  IS LOCATED, ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPES, APPLICATIONS FOR ABSEN-
 TEE BALLOTS, one or more portable voting booths of a  type  approved  by
 the  state  board  of elections and such other supplies as such board of
 inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
   10-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8-402 OF  THIS  TITLE,
 THE  BOARD  OF  INSPECTORS  SHALL DELIVER AN APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE
 BALLOT TO ANY RESIDENT OF SUCH FACILITY FOR WHOM IT  DOES  NOT  HAVE  AN
 ABSENTEE  BALLOT  AND  WHO  REQUESTS  SUCH  AN APPLICATION. THE BOARD OF
 INSPECTORS SHALL ASSIST ANY SUCH RESIDENT  WHO  REQUESTS  ASSISTANCE  TO
 COMPLETE  SUCH  APPLICATION. UPON RECEIVING A COMPLETED APPLICATION FROM
 ANY RESIDENT WHO IS REGISTERED TO VOTE AT THE  FACILITY,  THE  BOARD  OF
 INSPECTORS  SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND BALLOT ENVEL-
 OPE TO SUCH VOTER IN THE  MANNER  PRESCRIBED  BY  THIS  SECTION.    WITH
 RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY RESIDENT OF THE FACILITY WHO IS REGIS-
 TERED  TO VOTE FROM AN ELECTION DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH THE
 FACILITY IS LOCATED, THE BOARD OF INSPECTORS, IF  IT  DOES  NOT  HAVE  A
 SUPPLY OF THE APPROPRIATE BALLOT, SHALL FORTHWITH OBTAIN THE APPROPRIATE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03710-01-5

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