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     S. 2976                                                  A. 2346
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2017
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 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE, AVELLA -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Elections
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, LAVINE, SKOUFIS, COLTON,
   RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, HOOPER -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  military  ballots  and
   elections for school boards of education and school budgets
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  10-108  of  the
 election law, as amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a)  Ballots for military voters shall be mailed or otherwise distrib-
 uted by the board of elections, in accordance with the preferred  method
 of  transmission  designated  by the voter pursuant to section 10-107 of
 this article, as soon as practicable but in any  event  not  later  than
 thirty-two  days  before a primary or general election; twenty-five days
 before a New York city  community  school  board  district  or  city  of
 Buffalo  school  district election OR ANY COMMON, UNION FREE, CENTRAL OR
 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION FOR  WHICH  ABSENTEE  BALLOTS  ARE
 REQUIRED  TO  BE  PROVIDED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN-A,
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN-B, OR TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW; fourteen days before a village election conducted by the  board  of
 elections;  and  forty-five  days before a special election. A voter who
 submits a military ballot application shall be entitled  to  a  military
 ballot thereafter for each subsequent election through and including the
 next  two  regularly  scheduled  general elections held in even numbered
 years, including any run-offs which may occur; provided,  however,  such
 application  shall  not be valid for any election held within seven days
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 after its receipt. Ballots shall also be mailed to any  qualified  mili-
 tary  voter  who  is  already  registered and who requests such military
 ballot from such board of elections in a letter, which is signed by  the
 voter  and received by the board of elections not later than the seventh
 day before the election for which the  ballot  is  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 military ballot. In the case
 of a primary election, the board shall deliver only the  ballot  of  the
 party  with  which the military voter is enrolled according to the mili-
 tary voter's registration records. In the event a  primary  election  is
 uncontested in the military voter's election district for all offices or
 positions except the party position of member of the ward, town, city or
 county  committee,  no  ballot shall be delivered to such military voter
 for such election; and the military voter shall be advised of the reason
 why he or she will not receive a ballot.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.