Assembly Bill A10875

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation

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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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2019-A10875 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8850
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-122 & 17-125, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6122, S1992
2023-2024: A3905, S2057

2019-A10875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

2019-A10875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10875
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Taylor) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including  a  statement
   on  the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presiden-
   tial voters for signature affirmation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section 7-122 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 411 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  On  the  reverse  side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
 printed the following statement:
                                AFFIRMATION
   I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am  duly
 registered  in  the  election district shown on the reverse side of this
 envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district;  that  I  will  be
 unable  to  appear  personally on the day of the election for which this
 ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
 am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
 tofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor  do  I  intend  to  vote
 elsewhere,  that  I have not committed any act nor am I under any imped-
 iment which denies me the right to vote.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
 Date.................20.....       .....................................
                                    Signature or mark of voter
 
                                    .....................................
                                    Signature of Witness (required only
                                    if voter does not sign his or her own
                                    name)
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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