STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10843 IN ASSEMBLY July 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT directing the board of elections to canvass certain absentee ballots for elections held June 23, 2020 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an 2 absentee ballot for any election held June 23, 2020, received by a board 3 of elections between June 23, 2020 and June 30, 2020 that does not bear 4 or display a dated postmark shall be presumed to have been timely mailed 5 or delivered, and shall be canvassed by such board for such election. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16951-01-0