STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5132 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to authorizing absentee ballots in an election to incorporate a village The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2-220 of the village law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 2. Manner of voting. a. Voting may be either in person by voting 4 machine or by paper ballots, or by absentee ballot. Paper ballots may be 5 written or printed and shall be consecutively numbered. Ballots shall 6 contain the words "for incorporation" and "against incorporation". 7 b. Ballots for absentee voters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in 8 the same form as those to be voted on election day, if any, except that 9 ballots shall have the words "Absentee Ballot", endorsed thereon. The 10 provisions of the election law regarding absentee ballots not inconsist- 11 ent with this subdivision shall apply to such ballots so far as the same 12 are practicable. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01473-01-1