Bill Text: NY A02071 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the board of elections to establish an electronic system allowing absentee voters to monitor the status of their ballot and to correct an unaccepted ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to election law [A02071 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02071-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2071
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BORELLI,
         KEARNS, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Election
         Law
       AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
         elections to notify absentee voters of the status of their ballot
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 8-412 of the election law is amended by adding two
    2  new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
    3    3. THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  DOCUMENTATION  OR
    4  ONLINE  CONFIRMATION  OF  RECEIPT OF AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND WHETHER SUCH
    5  BALLOT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD.
    6    4. WHEN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS,
    7  THE  BOARD  SHALL PROVIDE THE VOTER WITH WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OR ONLINE
    8  CONFIRMATION THAT SUCH BALLOT WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE  WRITTEN  DOCUMENTA-
    9  TION  OR  ONLINE  CONFIRMATION  PROVIDED TO THE VOTER BY THE BOARD SHALL
   10  PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION DETAILING THE REASON WHY THE ABSENTEE BALLOT  WAS
   11  NOT ACCEPTED AND HOW THE BALLOT MAY BE CORRECTED.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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