Bill Text: NY S04074 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S04074 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04074-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4074
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2017
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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 counting  of  affidavit
          ballots
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
     2  section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by chapter 308 of the laws
     3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (iii)  If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled
     5  to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass  such  ballot
     6  if  such  board finds that the voter appeared at [the correct] a polling
     7  place in the correct county, regardless of the fact that the  voter  may
     8  have appeared in the incorrect election district.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09264-01-7