Assembly Bill A2819

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence was in NY to vote in certain federal elections

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  • 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-A2819 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S482
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9709, S7452

2023-A2819 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to vote in certain federal elections.

2023-A2819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2819
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to authorizing United
   States citizens currently residing outside  the  United  States  whose
   last  residence  in  the United States was in the state of New York to
   vote in certain federal elections

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 11-200 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 99 of the  laws  of  1989,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Every citizen of the United States now residing outside the United
 States whose last domicile in the United States immediately prior to his
 departure from the United States was in the state of New York, shall  be
 entitled  to vote from such last domicile, as a special federal voter in
 all primary, special and general elections for  the  public  offices  or
 party  positions  of  president and vice-president of the United States,
 United States senator, representative  in  congress  and  delegates  and
 alternate  delegates to a national convention, provided such citizen, at
 the time of such departure from the United States, could  have  met  all
 the  present qualifications of this chapter to vote in federal elections
 from such last domicile, except the qualification with respect to  mini-
 mum  voting  age, even though such citizen does not now maintain a place
 of abode or domicile in the state of New York, and provided further that
 such citizen does not maintain a place of  abode  or  domicile,  is  not
 registered  to  vote and is not voting in any other election district[,]
 OR state[, territory or possession of the United  States]  and  provided
 further  that  such citizen has a valid passport or card of identity and
 registration issued under the authority of the secretary of state of the
 United States.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00640-01-3

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