Assembly Bill A10031

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that a notation be printed beside the names of voters who requested an absentee ballot

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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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2011-A10031 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-500 & 8-302, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1339
2015-2016: A4629

2011-A10031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a notation be printed beside the names of voters who requested an absentee ballot.

2011-A10031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10031

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that a nota-
  tion be printed beside the names of voters who requested  an  absentee
  ballot,  and requiring voters with such notations to vote by affidavit
  ballot

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  o  of  subdivision  4  of section 5-500 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is  amended
and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
  o.  A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this chap-
ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
  P. WHETHER THE VOTER HAS REQUESTED AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
  S 2. Section 8-302 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6.  IF  A  VOTER'S NAME APPEARS IN THE COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION
LIST WITH A NOTATION INDICATING THAT SUCH VOTER  REQUESTED  AN  ABSENTEE
BALLOT,  THE  VOTER  SHALL  ONLY BE ENTITLED TO VOTE BY AFFIDAVIT BALLOT
UNLESS A COURT ORDER PROVIDES OTHERWISE. AT THE TIME THAT AN  INDIVIDUAL
CASTS AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT, THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR LOCAL ELECTION OFFI-
CIAL  SHALL GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT STATES THAT ANY
INDIVIDUAL WHO CASTS AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT WILL BE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN UNDER
THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 9-212  OF  THIS
CHAPTER  WHETHER THE VOTE WAS COUNTED, AND, IF THE VOTE WAS NOT COUNTED,
THE REASON THAT THE VOTE WAS NOT COUNTED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15378-02-2

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