Assembly Bill A6971

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires counting affidavit ballots of eligible voters if a voter appears at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2009-A6971 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-209, El L

2009-A6971 - Summary

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.

2009-A6971 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6971

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

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:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision  2  of section 9-209 of the
election law is amended by adding  a  new  subparagraph  3  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PERSON WAS ENTITLED TO
VOTE AT SUCH ELECTION, THE BOARD SHALL CAST AND CANVASS SUCH  BALLOT  IF
SUCH  BOARD  FINDS  THAT  THE  VOTER  APPEARED AT A POLLING PLACE IN THE
CORRECT COUNTY, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THE VOTER MAY HAVE  APPEARED
IN THE INCORRECT ELECTION DISTRICT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05016-01-9

2009-A6971A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-209, El L

2009-A6971A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2009-A6971A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A6971A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6971--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Election  Law  --  recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in
  accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

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:

  Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 2  of  section
9-209  of the election law, as added by chapter 248 of the laws of 2009,
is amended to read as follows:
  3. If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled  to
vote  at  such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot if
such board finds that the voter appeared  at  [the  correct]  A  polling
place  IN  THE CORRECT COUNTY, regardless of the fact that the voter may
have appeared in the incorrect election district.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05016-04-0

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