Bill Text: NY S00425 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 425 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Repeals certain provisions of the election law and adds a new section to such law permitting a voter to vote by special ballot at the board of elections upon submission of a written statement and verification of specific qualifications of such voter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00425 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00425-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          425
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to early  voting;  and  to
         repeal sections 11-300, 11-302, and 11-306 of such law relating there-
         to
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Sections 11-300, 11-302 and 11-306 of the election law  are
    2  REPEALED and a new section 11-300 is added to read as follows:
    3    S 11-300. SPECIAL BALLOTS FOR EARLY VOTING. A VOTER MAY DELIVER TO THE
    4  BOARD OF ELECTIONS A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HE OR SHE DESIRES TO VOTE AT
    5  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  PRIOR TO OR ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.  THE
    6  BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AFTER DETERMINING THE QUALIFICATIONS  OF  THE  VOTER
    7  AND  THAT  THE  VOTER  HAD  NOT  PREVIOUSLY VOTED IN THE ELECTION, SHALL
    8  PROVIDE THE VOTER WITH THE APPROPRIATE BALLOT AND PERMIT  THE  VOTER  TO
    9  CAST  A  SPECIAL  BALLOT AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, NOT EARLIER THAN TWO
   10  WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND NOT LATER  THAN  THE  CLOSE  OF  POLLS  ON
   11  ELECTION  DAY. EACH SUCH BALLOT SHALL BE PLACED IN AN ENVELOPE, PROVIDED
   12  BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THEN SEALED; THE VOTER SHALL  DATE  AND  SIGN
   13  HIS  OR  HER  NAME  ON  THE  OUTSIDE OF THE ENVELOPE. SUCH BALLOT MAY BE
   14  DELIVERED TO THE INSPECTORS OF ELECTION IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED  BY  THIS
   15  CHAPTER  FOR  ABSENTEE BALLOTS OR RETAINED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND
   16  CAST AND CANVASSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9-209  OF  THIS
   17  CHAPTER  AS SUCH BOARD SHALL, IN ITS DISCRETION, DETERMINE BY RESOLUTION
   18  ADOPTED AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
   20  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.
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