Assembly Bill A10541

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to curing ballots

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Current Bill Status Via S9837 - 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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2023-A10541 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9837
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-209, El L

2023-A10541 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email.

2023-A10541 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10541
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Zinerman) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to curing ballots
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 3 of section 9-209 of
 the election law, as amended by chapter 474 of the  laws  of  2023,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (d)  The  voter may cure the aforesaid defects by filing a duly signed
 affirmation attesting to the same information  required  by  the  ballot
 affirmation envelope and attesting that the signer of the affirmation is
 the  same  person who submitted such ballot envelope; provided, however,
 that for the defect described in subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (b)  of
 this  subdivision,  such  affirmation  shall also include an attestation
 that the voter mailed the ballot envelope on or before the  day  of  the
 election.  The  board  shall include a form of such affirmation with the
 notice to the voter. The affirmation shall be in a  form  prescribed  by
 the  state  board  of  elections, AND WITH SUCH AFFIRMATION THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE TO THE VOTER  A  DOMESTIC  POSTAGE  PAID  RETURN
 ENVELOPE  WHICH MAY BE USED IF THE VOTER RETURNS THE CURE AFFIRMATION IN
 PAPER FORM BY MAIL. A CURE AFFIRMATION,  AT  THE  OPTION  OF  ANY  VOTER
 SUBMITTING  SUCH  CURE  AFFIRMATION,  MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS IN PERSON, BY MAIL OR IN ELECTRONIC FORM AS AN  ATTACHMENT  TO
 AN  EMAIL.  SUCH  CURE  AFFIRMATION MAY ALSO BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS AS AN UPLOADED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IF SUCH BOARD OF  ELECTIONS
 PROVIDES  SUCH  FUNCTIONALITY. THE CURE AFFIRMATION, WHETHER IN PAPER OR
 ELECTRONIC FORM, SHALL INCLUDE THE SIGNATURE OF THE VOTER  DULY  AFFIXED
 TO THE APPROPRIATELY COMPLETED CURE AFFIRMATION FORM.
   (e) Such cure affirmation shall be received by the board no later than
 seven  business days after the board's mailing of such curable rejection
 notice or [the day before] BY FIVE P.M. ON THE SEVENTH DAY FOLLOWING the
 election, whichever is later. ANY CURE  AFFIRMATION  RECEIVED  ELECTRON-
 ICALLY AS AN EMAIL ATTACHMENT OR BY UPLOAD PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE LAST
 DAY  TO CURE IS TIMELY. Provided the board determines that such affirma-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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