Bill Text: NY S07529 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07529 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07529-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7529 IN SENATE January 23, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar- ifying that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the 2 education law, as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 5 statement: 6 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 8 least eighteen years of age, on the date of the school district 9 election; that I will have been a resident of this state and of the 10 school district and school election district, if any, shown on the 11 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said 12 election and duly registered in the school district and school election 13 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that I 14 am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district; 15 that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said school 16 district election at the polling place of the said district in which I 17 am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on my 18 application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 19 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 20 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 21 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- 22 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 23 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 24 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 25 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08110-01-9S. 7529 2 1 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 2 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 3 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 4 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 5 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or received 6 a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good 7 conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law removing 8 my disability to register and vote or my maximum sentence of imprison- 9 ment has expired or I have been discharged from parole. 10 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 11 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 12 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 13 guilty of a misdemeanor. 14 Date.....................Signature of Voter .......................... 15 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 2018-b of the education 16 law, as amended by section 9 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 17 2010, is amended to read as follows: 18 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 19 statement: 20 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 21 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 22 least eighteen years of age on the date of the school district election; 23 that I will have been a resident of this state and of the school 24 district and school election district, if any, shown on the reverse side 25 of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said election and 26 that I am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school 27 district; that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said 28 school district election at the polling place of the said district in 29 which I am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on 30 my application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 31 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 32 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 33 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- 34 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 35 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 36 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 37 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I 38 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 39 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 40 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 41 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 42 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or have 43 received a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of 44 good conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law 45 removing my disability to vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment 46 has expired or I have been discharged from parole. 47 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 48 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 49 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 50 guilty of a misdemeanor.S. 7529 3 1 Date....................Signature of Voter ........................... 2 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 84-a of the town law, as 3 amended by section 10 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 6 statement: 7 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 8 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 9 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 10 the special town election; that I will have been a resident of this 11 state and of the town shown on the reverse side of this envelope for 12 thirty days next preceding the said election; that I am or on such date 13 will be, a registered voter of said town; that I will be unable to 14 appear personally on the day of said special town election at the poll- 15 ing place of the election district in which I am or will be a qualified 16 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 17 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 18 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 19 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 20 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 21 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 22 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 23 special town election, and have not made any promise to influence the 24 giving or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become 25 directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 26 result of this special town election; and that I have not been convicted 27 of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 28 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 29 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 30 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 31 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 32 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 33 discharged from parole. 34 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 35 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 36 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 37 guilty of a misdemeanor. 38 Date.............. Signature of Voter.................. 39 § 4. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 175-b of the town law, as 40 amended by section 11 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 41 amended to read as follows: 42 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 43 ing statement: 44 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 45 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 46 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 47 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 48 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 49 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 50 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will be 51 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the 52 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 53 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 54 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 55 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have notS. 7529 4 1 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 2 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 3 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 4 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 5 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 6 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 7 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 8 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 9 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 10 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 11 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 12 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 13 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 14 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 15 discharged from parole. 16 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 17 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 18 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 19 guilty of a misdemeanor. 20 Date..............Signature of Voter.................. 21 § 5. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 213-b of the town law, as 22 amended by section 12 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 23 amended to read as follows: 24 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 25 ing statement: 26 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 27 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 28 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 29 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 30 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 31 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 32 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will be 33 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the 34 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 35 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 36 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 37 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 38 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 39 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 40 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 41 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 42 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 43 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 44 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 45 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 46 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 47 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 48 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 49 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 50 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 51 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 52 discharged from parole. 53 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 54 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any materialS. 7529 5 1 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 2 guilty of a misdemeanor. 3 Date............. Signature of Voter .............................. 4 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
