Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements.
S1557-2011 Actions
- Mar 12, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- Mar 5, 2012: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
- Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
- Jun 6, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
- Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
S1557-2011 Meetings
Elections: Jun 6, 2011S1557-2011 Votes
VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE:
- Elections
- Jun 6, 2011
Ayes (7): O'Mara, Ball, Gallivan, Nozzolio, Addabbo, Dilan, Carlucci
Nays (1): Ranzenhofer
S1557-2011 Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1557 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the performance of certain state contracts SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds a new section to state that state contracts shall be required to include a provision stating all services performed under such contract or any subcontract shall be performed within the United States. Subdivision 2 allows that when a service is required and cannot be provided in the United States, these provisions shall not apply. Subdivision 3 states that the comptroller shall review all existing state contracts that have not been completed or terminated and determine whether the services are being performed in the United States. Within one year the comptroller's findings shall be made available to the Governor, Senate, Assembly and the general public. Subdivision 4 gives the definition of state contract and defining contracting agency which means department of education, state university of New York, community colleges and city university of New York. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: One of the most dangerous issues facing our nations workforce is that of the outsourcing of services to foreign countries. New York state should not be outsourcing to foreign businesses services and that can be performed in this country by the world's best workforce. This legislation would help retain jobs as well as keep additional revenue within this country. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2011-12 S.3147; 2009-2010 S.2048; 2007-08, S.4077; 2005-2006, S.5533. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become law and shall apply to all state contracts entered into on or after such effective date.
S1557-2011 Text
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1557
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N SENATE
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, DIAZ, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, OPPENHEIMER,
PERKINS, STAVISKY -- 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 absentee voting at
village elections
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 15-120 of the election law, paragraph (b) of subdi-
vision 1 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of
1978, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 279 of the laws of 1983,
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1983, subdivi-
sions 4 and 5 as amended by chapter 84 of the laws of 1986 and subdivi-
sion 6 as amended by chapter 216 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read
as follows:
S 15-120. Absentee voting at village elections. 1. A qualified [elec-
tor] VOTER of a village may vote as an absentee voter under this section
if during all the hours of voting on the day of a general or special
village election he OR SHE will be:
[(a) Unavoidably absent from the county in which his residence is
located because:
i. he is a member of the armed forces of the United States of America;
or
ii. he is a student matriculated at an institution of learning located
outside such county; or
iii. he is a patient at a veterans administration hospital; or
iv. his duties, occupation or business require him to be so absent,
provided, however, such absence is not caused by the fact that his regu-
lar and daily place of business is located outside of said county.
(b) Absent from the county in which his residence is located because
he is on vacation outside said county.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00374-01-1
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(c) He is the spouse, parent or child of, and resides in the same
household with, a person qualified under any of the foregoing paragraphs
of this subdivision and will also be absent from said county by reason
of accompanying the person so qualified.]
(A) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; OR
(B) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT THE POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYS-
ICAL DISABILITY, OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED, OR BECAUSE HE OR SHE
WILL BE OR IS A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL; OR
(C) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
(D) ABSENT FROM HIS OR HER VOTING RESIDENCE BECAUSE HE OR SHE IS
DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING TRIAL, OR
CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE OTHER THAN
A FELONY, PROVIDED THAT HE OR SHE IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE IN THE ELECTION
DISTRICT OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
2. Each person entitled to vote as an absentee voter pursuant to this
section and desirous of obtaining an absentee ballot shall make written
application therefor to the village clerk. Application forms for use
pursuant to this section shall be in a form prescribed by the state
board of elections. The use of any application which is on a form
prescribed by the state board of elections shall be acceptable.
3. An application for an absentee ballot must be signed by the appli-
cant. Such application may require that the applicant submit a certif-
icate in lieu of any affidavit which shall state that the information
contained in the application is true. Such certificate shall be accepted
for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit and shall have the
following language printed in bold face type above the signature line:
"I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR
ALL PURPOSES AS THE EQUIVALENT OF AN AFFIDAVIT AND, IF
IT CONTAINS A MATERIAL FALSE STATEMENT, SHALL SUBJECT ME
TO THE SAME PENALTIES AS IF I HAD BEEN DULY SWORN."
4. THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT WHEN FILED MUST CONTAIN IN
EACH INSTANCE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(A) APPLICANT'S FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND RESIDENCE ADDRESS,
INCLUDING THE STREET AND NUMBER, IF ANY, RURAL DELIVERY ROUTE, IF ANY,
MAILING ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT FROM THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER
VILLAGE AND AN ADDRESS TO WHICH THE BALLOT SHALL BE MAILED.
(B) A STATEMENT THAT THE APPLICANT IS A QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED
VOTER.
(C) A STATEMENT, AS APPROPRIATE, THAT ON THE DAY OF SUCH ELECTION THE
APPLICANT EXPECTS IN GOOD FAITH TO BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGO-
RIES:
(I) ABSENT FROM THE COUNTY OF HIS OR HER RESIDENCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
IF THE APPLICANT EXPECTS TO BE ABSENT FROM SUCH COUNTY FOR A DURATION
COVERING MORE THAN ONE ELECTION AND SEEKS AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR EACH
ELECTION, HE OR SHE SHALL STATE THE DATES WHEN HE OR SHE EXPECTS TO
BEGIN AND END SUCH ABSENCE; OR
(II) UNABLE TO APPEAR AT A POLLING PLACE BECAUSE OF ILLNESS OR PHYS-
ICAL DISABILITY OR DUTIES RELATED TO THE PRIMARY CARE OF ONE OR MORE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ILL OR PHYSICALLY DISABLED; OR
(III) AN INMATE OR PATIENT OF A VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL; OR
(IV) DETAINED IN JAIL AWAITING ACTION BY A GRAND JURY OR AWAITING
TRIAL OR CONFINED IN JAIL OR PRISON AFTER A CONVICTION FOR AN OFFENSE
OTHER THAN A FELONY AND STATING THE PLACE WHERE HE OR SHE IS SO DETAINED
OR CONFINED.
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(D) SUCH APPLICATION SHALL PERMIT THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR AN ABSEN-
TEE BALLOT FOR EITHER A PRIMARY ELECTION OR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN ANY
YEAR AND FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO WILL BE CONTINUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THEIR
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE FALL PRIMARY ELECTION
AND THE GENERAL ELECTION IN ANY YEAR TO APPLY FOR BALLOTS FOR BOTH SUCH
ELECTIONS IN SUCH YEAR. A VOTER WHO APPLIES FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT SHALL
BE SENT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT FOR ANY SPECIAL ELECTION OR WINTER PRIMARY
THAT OCCURS DURING THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE SPECIFIED IN THE APPLICATION.
5. An application must be received by the village clerk no earlier
than [four months] THE THIRTIETH DAY before the election for which an
absentee ballot is sought. If the application requests that the absentee
ballot be mailed, such application must be received not later than seven
days before the election. If the applicant or his OR HER agent delivers
the application to the village clerk in person, such application must be
received not later than the day before the election. The village clerk
shall examine each application and shall determine from the information
contained therein whether the applicant is qualified under this section
to receive an absentee ballot. The clerk in making such decision shall
not determine whether the applicant is a qualified elector, said deter-
mination being reserved to the inspectors of election as is hereinafter
provided in subdivision [eight] NINE of this section.
[5] 6. No later than six days before the election for which an appli-
cation has been received and for which the village clerk has determined
the applicant to be qualified to vote by absentee ballot the village
clerk shall mail, by regular mail, an absentee ballot to each qualified
applicant who has applied before such day and who has requested that
such absentee ballot be mailed to him OR HER at the address set forth in
his OR HER application. If the applicant or his OR HER agent delivers
the application to the village clerk in person after the seventh day
before the village election and not later than the day before the
election, the village clerk shall forthwith deliver such absentee
ballots for those applicants whom he OR SHE determines are qualified to
make such applications and to receive such ballots to such applicants or
the agents named in the applications when such applicants or agents
appear in the village clerk's office.
[6] 7. The absentee ballot shall be caused to be prepared and printed
by the village clerk as provided by law for paper ballots or machine
ballots, whichever are to be used in said election and appropriate
modifications for the purposes of this section. He OR SHE shall also
cause to be prepared and printed return envelopes addressed to him OR
HER, conforming so far as may be practicable to the provisions of this
chapter stating thereon that in order for the ballot contained therein
to be counted it must be received by the village clerk not later than
the close of the polls on election day. On the reverse side of each
return envelope there shall be written instructions for the voter to
insert at designated places his OR HER signature, his OR HER name print-
ed, his OR HER residence address within the village and his OR HER
village election district if there be more than one district within the
village.
[7] 8. The method of marking, preparing and mailing such ballot for
voting shall conform, wherever practicable, to the methods used for
absentee ballots for a general election, except that the envelope in
which it is contained shall be returned to the village clerk. On the day
of the election, the village clerk shall deliver all such ballots, which
have been returned to him OR HER, in the sealed envelopes to the board
of inspectors of election of the proper election district. No such
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ballot shall be deemed to have been voted unless or until it shall have
been delivered to the board of inspectors of election of the election
district in which the elector casting the ballot resides and shall have
been deposited by the chairman of such board in the box provided for
receiving such ballot.
[8] 9. When such ballots shall have been delivered to the board of
inspectors of election of the proper election district and shall have
been duly determined by such board to have been lawfully cast by a qual-
ified elector of such district, the chairman of such board shall, after
the close of the polls, open the envelopes containing such ballots and,
without unfolding such ballots or permitting the face thereof to be
exposed to the view of anyone, shall deposit each such ballot in a box
specifically furnished for such purpose by the village clerk. If the
board of inspectors shall determine that any such ballot has been cast
by an elector who would not be qualified under the provisions of this
section, then such ballot shall not be counted.
[9] 10. After all the ballots shall have been deposited, the box
shall be opened and such ballots canvassed in the same manner as other
ballots cast at such election and shall be counted and included in the
total of all ballots cast at such election.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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