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                                        1325--A

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DILAN,  AVELLA,  DIAZ,  HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER,
         STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
         committed  to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Commit-
         tee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee

       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to counting  of  affidavit
         ballots

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  2  of
    2  section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by chapter 308 of the laws
    3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (iii)  If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled
    5  to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass  such  ballot
    6  if  such  board finds that the voter appeared at [the correct] A polling
    7  place IN THE CORRECT COUNTY, regardless of the fact that the  voter  may
    8  have appeared in the incorrect election district.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02923-02-2