Bill Text: NY A09007 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to canvass of ballots cast by certain voters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-03 - ordered to third reading cal.437 [A09007 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09007-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9007

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to canvass of ballots cast
          by certain voters

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
     2  section  9-209 of the election law, as added by a chapter of the laws of
     3  2019 amending the election law relating to canvass of  ballots  cast  by
     4  certain  voters,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3045-B and
     5  A. 1320-A, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (v) If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to
     7  vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such  ballot  if
     8  such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the require-
     9  ments  of this chapter. For purposes of this subparagraph, substantially
    10  complied shall mean the board  can  determine  the  voter's  eligibility
    11  based on the statement of the affiant or records of the board.
    12    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    13  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the election law relat-
    14  ing to canvass of ballots cast by certain voters, as proposed in  legis-
    15  lative bills numbers S. 3045-B and A. 1320-A, takes effect.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02909-06-0