Bill Text: NY S07167 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-01 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07167-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7167
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 amending  the  required
         time to commence counting of absentee ballots
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  9-209  of  the
    2  election  law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (a) The board of elections shall  designate  itself  or  such  of  its
    5  employees  as  it shall deem appropriate as a set of poll clerks to cast
    6  and canvass such ballots, and fix a time and place for their meeting for
    7  such purpose, provided that such meeting shall be no more than  fourteen
    8  days  after  a  general  or special election and no more than eight days
    9  after a primary election at which such ballots are voted. THE  BOARD  OF
   10  ELECTIONS  SHALL  COMMENCE CANVASSING SUCH BALLOTS (I) THAT ARE RECEIVED
   11  ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE DAY PRECEDING ELECTION DAY  BY
   12  NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE CLOSE OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY
   13  AND  (II)  THAT  ARE  RECEIVED  ON  ELECTION DAY OR WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF
   14  ELECTION DAY IN THE CASE OF A  PRIMARY  ELECTION  OR  THIRTEEN  DAYS  OF
   15  ELECTION  DAY  IN THE CASE OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION BY THE CLOSE
   16  OF BUSINESS ON THE EIGHTH DAY FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY IN THE  CASE  OF  A
   17  PRIMARY  ELECTION  OR  THE  FOURTEENTH  DAY  IN THE CASE OF A GENERAL OR
   18  SPECIAL ELECTION OR ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY THEREAFTER  IN  THE  EVENT
   19  THAT THE EIGHTH DAY OR THE FOURTEENTH DAY, AS APPLICABLE, AFTER ELECTION
   20  DAY  IS  A  WEEKEND DAY OR A HOLIDAY. The board may designate additional
   21  sets of poll clerks and if it designates more than one  such  set  shall
   22  apportion  among  all  such  sets the election districts from which such
   23  ballots have been received, provided that all such ballots from a single
   24  election district shall be assigned to a single set of clerks, and  that
   25  each  such  set  shall be divided equally between representatives of the
   26  two major political parties. Each such set of clerks shall be  deemed  a
   27  central board of inspectors for purposes of this section.
   28    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13986-03-4