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                                   3905
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to including a statement
   on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special  presiden-
   tial voters for signature affirmation

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7-122  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. On the reverse side of such inner  affirmation  envelope  shall  be
 printed the following statement:
                                AFFIRMATION
   I  do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
 registered in the election district shown on the reverse  side  of  this
 envelope  and  I  am  qualified to vote in such district; that I will be
 unable to appear personally on the day of the election  for  which  this
 ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
 am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
 tofore  submitted;  that  I  have  not qualified nor do I intend to vote
 elsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under  any  imped-
 iment which denies me the right to vote.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
 Date.................20.....       .....................................
                                    Signature or mark of voter
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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                                    .....................................
                                    Signature of Witness (required only
                                    if voter does not sign his or her own
                                    name)
 
                                    .....................................
                                    Address of Witness
 
   IMPORTANT  TO  ABSENTEE  VOTER:  YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS
 ENVELOPE.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
 ing statement:
 
                  STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER
 
   I  do  declare  I  am  a  qualified special presidential voter of said
 district; that I am not qualified and am not able  to  qualify  to  vote
 elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
 am  a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
 which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen  years  of  age;
 and  that  I  have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
 which denies me the right to vote.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
 false  statement  in  the  foregoing  statement,  I shall be guilty of a
 misdemeanor.
 
 Date.................20.....       .....................................
                                    Signature or mark of voter
 
                                    .....................................
                                    Signature of Witness (required only
                                    if voter does not sign his or her own
                                    name)
 
                                    .....................................
                                    Address of Witness
 
   IMPORTANT TO SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION
 ON THIS ENVELOPE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.