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                                         4249
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 requiring the board  of
         elections to notify absentee voters of the status of their ballot
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 8-412 of the election law is amended by adding  two
    2  new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
    3    3.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  PROVIDE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION OR
    4  ONLINE CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF AN ABSENTEE BALLOT  AND  WHETHER  SUCH
    5  BALLOT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD.
    6    4.  WHEN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
    7  THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE THE VOTER WITH WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION  OR  ONLINE
    8  CONFIRMATION  THAT  SUCH BALLOT WAS NOT ACCEPTED. THE WRITTEN DOCUMENTA-
    9  TION OR ONLINE CONFIRMATION PROVIDED TO THE VOTER  BY  THE  BOARD  SHALL
   10  PROVIDE  AN EXPLANATION DETAILING THE REASON WHY THE ABSENTEE BALLOT WAS
   11  NOT ACCEPTED AND HOW THE BALLOT MAY BE CORRECTED.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01504-01-5