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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 15, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A2110
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BENJAMIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง8-400, El L
2009-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Changes the deadline for absentee voter applications to be received by the board to day before election, and expands the form of requests for ballots that may be considered by the board of elections to include letter, fax or written document with signature of voter on such item.
2009-A2110 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2110 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 15, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballot appli- cation deadline and form of request THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election law, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 1988 and paragraph (d) as added by chapter 216 of the laws of 1988, are amended to read as follows: (c) All applications must be [mailed to] RECEIVED BY the board of elections not later than the [seventh] day before the election for which a ballot is first requested [or delivered to such board not later than the day before such election]. (d) The board of elections shall mail an absentee ballot to every qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests such an absentee ballot from such board of elections in [a letter] WRITING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A LETTER, TELEFAX, OR OTHER WRITTEN INSTRUMENT, which is signed by the voter and received by the board of elections not earlier than the thirtieth day nor later than the [seventh] day before the election for which the ballot is first requested and which states the address where the voter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of application for absentee ballot. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05349-01-9
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