Assembly Bill A8432A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for absentee voting in village elections and extends provisions relating to absentee voting

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7565 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2021-A8432 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7565
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 139 of 2020; amd §§15-120 & 15-122, El L

2021-A8432 - Summary

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

2021-A8432 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8432
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, KELLES, SILLITTI, LAVINE, ABINANTI,
   PAULIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 139 of the laws of 2020  amending  the  election
   law  relating  to absentee voting, in relation to extending the effec-
   tiveness thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2 of chapter 139 of the laws of 2020, amending the
 election law relating to absentee voting, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed [January 1, 2022] FEBRUARY 1, 2024.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13532-01-1

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2021-A8432A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7565
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 139 of 2020; amd §§15-120 & 15-122, El L

2021-A8432A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

2021-A8432A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8432--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. DINOWITZ, KELLES, SILLITTI, LAVINE, ABINANTI,
   PAULIN,  SIMON,  SEAWRIGHT,  STECK,  FERNANDEZ,  BURGOS,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
   GALEF,  GOTTFRIED,  CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Election Law -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Election  Law  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to absentee voting in
   village elections; to amend chapter 139 of the laws of  2020  amending
   the  election  law  relating  to  absentee  voting, in relation to the
   effectiveness  thereof;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  certain
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 139 of the laws of 2020  amending  the
 election law relating to absentee voting, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed [January 1] DECEMBER 31, 2022.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 15-120 of the election law,  as  amended
 by  chapter 289 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter
 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   1. A qualified voter of a village may vote as an absentee voter  under
 this  section  if during all the hours of voting on the day of a general
 or special village election he or she will be:
   (a) absent from the county of his or her residence; or
   (b) unable to appear at the polling place because of illness or  phys-
 ical  disability,  or  duties related to the primary care of one or more
 individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or  because  he  or  she
 will  be  or  is a patient in a hospital, PROVIDED THAT, FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "ILLNESS"  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,
 INSTANCES  WHERE  A  VOTER IS UNABLE TO APPEAR PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13532-03-2

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