Senate Bill S2057

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation

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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-S2057 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3905
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7-122 & 7-125, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8850, A10875
2021-2022: S1992, A6122

2023-S2057 - Summary

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

2023-S2057 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2057 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2057
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BAILEY, FELDER, SEPULVEDA -- 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 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.
                                                            LBD05614-01-3
 S. 2057                             2
              

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2023-S2057A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3905
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7-122 & 7-125, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8850, A10875
2021-2022: S1992, A6122

2023-S2057A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

2023-S2057A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2057A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2057--A
     Cal. No. 1147
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACKSON,  BAILEY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Elections  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
   Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
   to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
   in the order of third reading
 
 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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