Senate Bill S466

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark

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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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2021-S466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-412, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8367
2023-2024: S2888

2021-S466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark.

2021-S466 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    466
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. MYRIE, COMRIE, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, LIU, MAY, RAMOS
   -- 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  certain  absentee
   ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a
   dated postmark
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-412  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  140  of  the  laws  of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The board of elections shall cause all absentee ballots received by
 it before the close of  the  polls  on  election  day  and  all  ballots
 contained in envelopes [showing a cancellation mark of] SUBMITTED TO the
 United  States  postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or
 [showing a dated endorsement of receipt by] another agency of the United
 States government, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than
 the day of the election and received by  such  board  of  elections  not
 later  than  seven  days  following  the  day of election to be cast and
 counted.  For purposes of this section, any absentee ballot received  by
 the  board  of  elections  by mail that does not bear or display a dated
 postmark shall be presumed to have been timely mailed  or  delivered  if
 such ballot bears a time stamp of the receiving board of elections indi-
 cating receipt by such board on the day after the election. THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL AFFIX TO EACH ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPE A UNIQUE BAR CODE
 THAT  PERMITS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO ASCERTAIN THE DATE UPON WHICH AN
 ABSENTEE BALLOT IS SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES POSTAL  SERVICE  OR  A
 FOREIGN COUNTRY'S POSTAL SERVICE, OR ANOTHER AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES
 GOVERNMENT.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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