NY A10681 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Passed on June 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-06-02 - signed chap.104

Summary

This bill would enact certain provisions that are required by federal law and is intended to increase the opportunity for military and special federal voters to cast their votes within a timeframe that allows those votes to be counted. It also streamlines the absentee ballot application to eliminate extraneous information that is not required by the New York Constitution.

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Title

Enacts provisions relating to military and absentee ballots; designation of means of transmission of military voters and by special federal voters; prohibits refusal to accept voter registration and military ballot applications, marked military ballots and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain requirements; and prohibits refusal to accept voter registration and special federal ballot applications, marked special federal ballots and federal write-in absentee ballots for failure to meet certain requirements.

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-06-02 signed chap.104
2010-05-28 delivered to governor
2010-05-28 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2010-05-28 PASSED SENATE
2010-05-25 3RD READING CAL.439
2010-05-25 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7466B
2010-05-24 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
2010-05-24 delivered to senate
2010-05-24 passed assembly
2010-05-20 advanced to third reading cal.922
2010-05-17 reported
2010-05-11 reported referred to ways and means
2010-05-05 print number 10681b
2010-05-05 amend and recommit to codes
2010-05-05 reported referred to codes
2010-04-29 amend and recommit to election law
2010-04-14 referred to election law

Same As/Similar To

S07466 (Same As) 2010-05-25 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10681B

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