Senate Bill S2794

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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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-S2794 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3948
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-407, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S8033
2011-2012: S2347
2013-2014: S3366, A6775
2015-2016: S7721, A3119
2017-2018: S2151, A5464
2021-2022: S5860
2023-2024: S3025

2019-S2794 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; board of inspectors shall deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

2019-S2794 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2794
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  COMRIE,  CARLUCCI,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER, SERRANO,
   STAVISKY -- 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 voting in
   nursing homes and senior citizen residences

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section 8-407 of the election law, as
 added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new  subdivi-
 sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
   5.  The  board  of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors
 all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
 are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
 tors is assigned to attend, together with AN ADDITIONAL  SUPPLY  OF  THE
 APPROPRIATE  ABSENTEE  BALLOTS  FOR  THE  ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
 FACILITY IS LOCATED, ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPES, APPLICATIONS FOR  ABSEN-
 TEE  BALLOTS,  one  or more portable voting booths of a type approved by
 the state board of elections and such other supplies as  such  board  of
 inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
   10-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 8-402 OF THIS TITLE,
 THE BOARD OF INSPECTORS SHALL DELIVER AN  APPLICATION  FOR  AN  ABSENTEE
 BALLOT  TO  ANY  RESIDENT  OF SUCH FACILITY FOR WHOM IT DOES NOT HAVE AN
 ABSENTEE BALLOT AND WHO REQUESTS  SUCH  AN  APPLICATION.  THE  BOARD  OF
 INSPECTORS  SHALL  ASSIST  ANY  SUCH RESIDENT WHO REQUESTS ASSISTANCE TO
 COMPLETE SUCH APPLICATION. UPON RECEIVING A COMPLETED  APPLICATION  FROM
 ANY  RESIDENT  WHO  IS  REGISTERED TO VOTE AT THE FACILITY, THE BOARD OF
 INSPECTORS SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AND BALLOT  ENVEL-
 OPE  TO  SUCH  VOTER  IN  THE  MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION.   WITH
 RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION OF ANY RESIDENT OF THE FACILITY WHO IS REGIS-
 TERED TO VOTE FROM AN ELECTION DISTRICT OTHER THAN THE ONE IN WHICH  THE
 FACILITY  IS  LOCATED,  THE  BOARD  OF INSPECTORS, IF IT DOES NOT HAVE A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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