Senate Bill S898

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for delivery of absentee ballots by common carrier

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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-S898 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง8-412, El L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S1946

2009-S898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the board of elections to cause absentee ballots received by it by common carrier to be cast and counted provided such ballot was sent not later than the day before the election and received by such board of elections not later than seven days following the day of election.

2009-S898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   898

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 absentee ballots

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 8-412 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 155 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. The board of elections shall cause all absentee ballots received by
it  before  the  close  of  the  polls  on  election day and all ballots
contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the United  States
postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or showing a dated
endorsement  of  receipt  by another agency of the United States govern-
ment, OR OF A COMMON CARRIER with a date which is ascertained to be  not
later  than  the  day  before  election  and  received  by such board of
elections not later than seven days following the day of election to  be
cast  and  counted  except  that  the  absentee  ballot  of  a voter who
requested such ballot by letter, rather than application, shall  not  be
counted  unless  a  valid  application  form,  signed  by such voter, is
received by the board of elections with such 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.
                                                           LBD06564-01-9

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