Assembly Bill A6848A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to absentee ballots for relating to absentee ballots for school district 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-A6848 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7229
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L

2023-A6848 - Summary

Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration.

2023-A6848 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6848
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to absentee ballots for
   school district elections
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraphs  a and c of subdivision 2 of section 2018-a of
 the education law, as amended by chapter 616 of the laws  of  2019,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   a.  A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this section
 if [during all the hours of  voting]  on  the  [day]  OCCURRENCE  of  an
 election he or she [will] EXPECTS TO be:
   (1) absent from the county of his or her residence; or
   (2)  unable  to  appear  PERSONALLY  at  the  polling place because of
 illness or physical 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; or
   (3)  [an  inmate]  A RESIDENT or patient of a veteran's administration
 hospital; or
   (4) absent from his or her voting  residence  because  he  or  she  is
 detained  in  jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or
 confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other  than
 a  felony,  provided that he or she is qualified to vote in the election
 district of his or her residence; OR
   (5) UNABLE TO BE PRESENT DUE TO HIS OR HER OBSERVANCE OF  A  RELIGIOUS
 COMMITMENT  OR  FOLLOWING  HIS  OR  HER RELIGIOUS TEACHING OR TENET THAT
 FORBIDS SECULAR ACTIVITY ON THAT DAY.
   c. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must  contain  in
 each instance the following information:
   (1)  Applicant's  full  name,  date  of  birth, and residence address,
 including the street and number, if any, rural delivery route,  if  any,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10767-01-3
              

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2023-A6848A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7229
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L

2023-A6848A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration.

2023-A6848A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6848--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. McDONALD, GUNTHER -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to absentee  ballots  for
   school district elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs a and c of subdivision 2 of  section  2018-a  of
 the  education  law,  paragraph a as amended and paragraph c as added by
 chapter 616 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   a. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this  section
 if  [during  all  the  hours  of  voting]  on the [day] OCCURRENCE of an
 election [he or she will] SUCH VOTER EXPECTS TO be:
   (1) absent from [the] THEIR county of [his or her] residence; or
   (2) unable to appear  PERSONALLY  at  the  polling  place  because  of
 illness or physical disability, or duties related to the primary care of
 one  or  more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because
 [he or she] SUCH VOTER will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
   (3) [an inmate] A RESIDENT or patient of  a  veteran's  administration
 hospital; or
   (4) absent from [his or her] SUCH VOTER'S voting residence because [he
 or  she]  SUCH VOTER is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury
 or awaiting trial, or confined in jail or prison after a conviction  for
 an  offense other than a felony, provided that [he or she] SUCH VOTER is
 qualified to vote in the election district of [his or her]  SUCH VOTER'S
 residence.
   c. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must  contain  in
 each instance the following information:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10767-03-4
 A. 6848--A                          2
              

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