Bill Text: NY A05873 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that a postpaid business reply envelope for the return to the board of elections of a voted absentee ballot be provided with each absentee ballot which is mailed to an applicant for an absentee ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-03 - enacting clause stricken [A05873 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05873-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5873
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 2, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. KAVANAGH, GALEF, REILLY, P. RIVERA, STEVENSON --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, MAGEE,  WEISENBERG  --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing that a post-
         paid business reply envelope for the return to the board of  elections
         of a voted absentee ballot be provided with each absentee ballot which
         is mailed to an applicant for such ballot
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 8-402 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  ENCLOSE  WITH EACH ABSENTEE BALLOT MAILED TO AN
    4  APPLICANT A POSTPAID BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE FOR THE RETURN TO IT OF THE
    5  VOTED ABSENTEE BALLOT OF SUCH APPLICANT.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07050-01-1
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