Senate Bill S2768

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee ballot tracking

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10724
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-414, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5416
2017-2018: S5184
2021-2022: S506, S6395, A4186

2019-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the boards of elections to provide a secure website through which voters can track their absentee ballot from the moment the local board of elections receives the request for a ballot until the moment the vote is counted.

2019-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2768
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 ballot  track-
   ing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  8-414
 to read as follows:
   §  8-414. ABSENTEE BALLOT TRACKING. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
 ASSIST COUNTY BOARDS AND THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PROVIDE
 A SECURE WEBSITE THROUGH WHICH ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO HAS SUBMITTED AN
 APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, OR WHO  OTHERWISE  HAS  A  RIGHT  TO
 RECEIVE  AN  ABSENTEE  BALLOT, FOR AN UPCOMING ELECTION PURSUANT TO THIS
 CHAPTER MAY VIEW THE CURRENT STATUS OF THEIR  ABSENTEE  APPLICATION  AND
 ABSENTEE  BALLOT.  SUCH  WEBSITE  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE USERS TO CREATE AN
 ACCOUNT. SUCH WEBSITE SHALL INDICATE FOR EACH  SUCH  VOTER  WHETHER  THE
 COUNTY OR NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS:
   1.  RECEIVED  SUCH VOTER'S REQUEST FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, IF APPLICA-
 BLE;
   2. APPROVED OR REJECTED SUCH REQUEST, IF APPLICABLE, AND, IF REJECTED,
 A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE REASON FOR REJECTION;
   3. MAILED OR DELIVERED AN ABSENTEE  BALLOT  TO  SUCH  VOTER  FOR  SUCH
 UPCOMING ELECTION;
   4.  RECEIVED  SUCH VOTER'S COMPLETED ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR SUCH UPCOMING
 ELECTION; AND
   5. COUNTED OR REJECTED SUCH VOTER'S COMPLETED ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR SUCH
 UPCOMING ELECTION, AND, IF REJECTED, A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE REASON FOR
 REJECTION.
   § 2. This act shall be subject to appropriations required to cover the
 costs to develop and maintain the website.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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