Senate Bill S6020

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Makes provisions for primary care givers to vote in general elections and school elections by absentee ballots

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6020 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
A3367 ,
S5990 ,
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-400, El L

2009-S6020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that people who are primary care givers and who have responsibilities in which they cannot leave the person for whom they are caring shall be entitled to absentee ballots in general elections and school district elections.

2009-S6020 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6020

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
  Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  absentee  voting  for
  primary care givers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1  of  section  8-400  of  the
election law is amended to read as follows:
  (c)  unable  to appear personally at the polling place of the election
district in which he OR SHE is a qualified voter because of  illness  or
physical  disability,  whether permanent or temporary, OR DUTIES RELATED
TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY
DISABLED, or because he OR SHE will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
  S 2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of  section
8-400 of the election law is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  [ill  or  physically  disabled; that he has been advised by his
medical practitioner or  christian  science  practitioner,  giving  said
practitioner's  name  and address, that he will not be able to go to his
polling place for such election, and whether said illness  is  permanent
or temporary; if he expects to be a patient in a hospital he shall state
the  name  and  address  of said hospital] UNABLE TO APPEAR AT A POLLING
PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE
PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY  DISA-
BLED; or
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12098-01-9

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