Senate Bill S9792

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to voters who have medical exigencies on election day

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S9792 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-310, El L

2023-S9792 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ballots for voters who have medical exigencies on election day.

2023-S9792 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9792 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9792
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FERNANDEZ  --  (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 special ballots for a
   voter having medical exigency on election day
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 11-310
 to read as follows:
   § 11-310. SPECIAL BALLOT ON ACCOUNT OF MEDICAL  EXIGENCY  ON  ELECTION
 DAY.  A PERSON WHO BY REASON OF MEDICAL EXIGENCY, INCLUDING HOSPITALIZA-
 TION,  THAT  MANIFESTS  NO  EARLIER THAN THE DAY BEFORE AN ELECTION, MAY
 DELIVER ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION AN APPLICATION THAT ATTESTS THAT SUCH
 PERSON CANNOT ATTEND THE POLLS DUE TO SUCH MEDICAL EXIGENCY.  THE  BOARD
 OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL,  UPON THE APPROVAL OF SUCH APPLICATION, PROVIDE TO
 SUCH VOTER'S DESIGNATED AGENT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE CLOSE  OF  POLLS  ON
 ELECTION  DAY A BALLOT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH
 BALLOT TO SUCH VOTER SHALL AFFORD SUCH VOTER SUFFICIENT TIME  TO  RETURN
 SUCH  BALLOT  PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF POLLS. SUCH BALLOT SHALL BE VALID IF
 TIMELY POSTMARKED. SUCH BALLOTS  SHALL  BE  CANVASSED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9-209 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15811-01-4

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