Bill Text: NY A05626 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for absentee voting for municipalities, school and fire districts on local elections.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-12 - print number 5626a [A05626 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A05626-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5626--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. MOLINARO, CROUCH, J. MILLER, COLTON, ERRIGO,
KOLB, HAWLEY, CALHOUN, ALFANO, KAVANAGH, FINCH, TOBACCO -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. DUPREY, GIGLIO, JORDAN, McKEVITT, QUINN, REILLY,
SAYWARD, TEDISCO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 8-400 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A QUALIFIED VOTER IN
4 ANY VILLAGE, TOWN, CITY, OR SCHOOL OR FIRE DISTRICT MAY VOTE IN ANY
5 SPECIAL ELECTION, DISTRICT ELECTION OR LOCAL REFERENDUM BY ABSENTEE
6 BALLOT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
7 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07132-03-0
