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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               &m0 0, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN, REILLY, MILLMAN, COLTON, SCHROEDER,
  CLARK, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  BOYLAND,  P. RIVERA,
  STEVENSON,  SWEENEY  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on
  Election Law

AN ACT providing for the state board of elections to undertake  a  study
  on  the feasibility of permitting voting by mail, telephone and/or the
  internet and to establish pilot projects relating thereto

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

  Section 1. The state board of elections shall undertake a study on the
feasibility of permitting voting by mail, telephone and/or the internet.
Such study shall include but not be limited to evaluation of the ability
of verifying votes by mail, telephone and/or the internet and the impact
on the number of the electorate voting in primary and general elections.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to the contrary, at any
primary or general election during the undertaking of  such  study,  the
state  board  of elections may provide a pilot program permitting voting
by mail, telephone and/or the internet.   The state board  of  elections
shall  submit  such  study including recommendations to the governor and
state legislature within twenty-four months of  the  effective  date  of
this act.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00860-01-1