Bill Text: NY S06445 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S06445 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06445-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6445

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 20, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  ADDABBO, BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER,
          MARTINEZ, SANDERS, SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered  print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation  to authorizing ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee
          ballot voting

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of  arti-
     2  cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  2.  The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which,
     4  and the time and place at which, qualified voters [who,  on  the  occur-
     5  rence  of any election, may be absent from the county of their residence
     6  or, if residents of the city of New York, from the city,  and  qualified
     7  voters  who,  on the occurrence of any election, may be unable to appear
     8  personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disabili-
     9  ty,] may vote and for the return and  canvass  of  their  votes  in  any
    10  election.
    11    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    12  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    13  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    14  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    15  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89111-01-3