Bill Text: NY A00220 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A00220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00220-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUCHWALD, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES,
         RIVERA, ROBINSON, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,
         BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to amending the required
         time to commence counting of absentee ballots
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 9-209 of the
    2  election law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a)  The  board  of  elections  shall  designate itself or such of its
    5  employees as it shall deem appropriate as a set of poll clerks  to  cast
    6  and canvass such ballots, and fix a time and place for their meeting for
    7  such  purpose, provided that such meeting shall be no more than fourteen
    8  days after a general or special election and no  more  than  eight  days
    9  after  a  primary election at which such ballots are voted. THE BOARD OF
   10  ELECTIONS SHALL COMMENCE CANVASSING SUCH BALLOTS (I) THAT  ARE  RECEIVED
   11  ON  OR BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE DAY PRECEDING ELECTION DAY BY
   12  NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE CLOSE OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY
   13  AND (II) THAT ARE RECEIVED ON ELECTION  DAY  OR  WITHIN  SEVEN  DAYS  OF
   14  ELECTION  DAY  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A PRIMARY ELECTION OR THIRTEEN DAYS OF
   15  ELECTION DAY IN THE CASE OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION BY  THE  CLOSE
   16  OF  BUSINESS  ON  THE EIGHTH DAY FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY IN THE CASE OF A
   17  PRIMARY ELECTION OR THE FOURTEENTH DAY IN  THE  CASE  OF  A  GENERAL  OR
   18  SPECIAL  ELECTION  OR  ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY THEREAFTER IN THE EVENT
   19  THAT THE EIGHTH DAY OR THE FOURTEENTH DAY, AS APPLICABLE, AFTER ELECTION
   20  DAY IS A WEEKEND DAY OR A HOLIDAY. The board  may  designate  additional
   21  sets  of  poll  clerks and if it designates more than one such set shall
   22  apportion among all such sets the election  districts  from  which  such
   23  ballots have been received, provided that all such ballots from a single
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00081-01-5
       A. 220                              2
    1  election  district shall be assigned to a single set of clerks, and that
    2  each such set shall be divided equally between  representatives  of  the
    3  two  major  political parties. Each such set of clerks shall be deemed a
    4  central board of inspectors for purposes of this section.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.