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                                   9759
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GIANARIS  --  (at  request  of  the State Board of
   Elections) -- 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 application deadlines
   for military voters
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 11-104 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 234 of the laws of 1976, paragraph a of subdivision 1 and subdivision  2
 as  amended  by  chapter  99  of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
 follows:
   §  11-104.  Registration  and  application  for  special  presidential
 ballot. 1. a. A person who, pursuant to the provisions of this title, is
 qualified  to vote for president and vice president of the United States
 may apply to the board of elections of [his] THEIR county  of  residence
 next  preceding the place of [his] THEIR current residence for a special
 ballot for president and  vice  president.  Such  applications  must  be
 mailed to such board of elections not later than the [seventh] TENTH day
 before the election or delivered to such board not later than the day of
 such election.
   b.  Insofar  as the provisions of this chapter providing for voting in
 person or by absentee ballot do not conflict with any provision of  this
 section, such provisions apply to a person authorized to vote under this
 article.    In  the  case  of  any  such conflict, the provision of this
 section shall prevail and such other provision of this chapter shall not
 apply.
   2. a. A form of application for a special ballot  under  this  section
 shall  be furnished by the board of elections to the applicant who shall
 request such form within the  time  prescribed  therefor.  In  addition,
 application forms shall be supplied to the applicant's spouse, parent or
 child,  a  person residing with the applicant as a member of [his] THEIR
 household, or the applicant's duly authorized agent.
   b. The board of elections shall mail a special presidential ballot  to
 every qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 such  a  special  presidential  ballot from such board of elections in a
 letter, which is signed by the  voter  and  received  by  the  board  of
 elections  not  earlier  than  the  thirtieth  day  nor  later  than the
 [seventh]  TENTH  day  before  the election and which states the address
 where the voter is registered and the address to  which  the  voter  has
 moved  and  the  date of such move. The board of elections shall enclose
 with such ballot a form of application for special presidential ballot.
   c. The application shall be made and signed by the  applicant  at  the
 places  thereon  provided for such purpose and [he]  THE APPLICANT shall
 set forth therein all of the facts  required  to  establish  [his]  SUCH
 APPLICANT'S qualifications to register and vote under this article.
   d.  The form for use under subdivision one of this section shall be of
 a distinctive color and in the form prescribed by  the  state  board  of
 elections.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.