S1946-2011 Actions

• Jan 14, 2011: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

S1946-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1946

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes absentee
ballots sent by
any common carrier to be counted.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Authorizes the board
of elections to
count an absentee ballot which is sent by common carrier.

JUSTIFICATION:
Under current law absentee ballots which are mailed
must be postmarked no later than the day prior to the election and
received no later than seven days following the election in order to
be counted by the board of elections.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S1946-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1946
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 14, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 ballots
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 8-412 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 155 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:

 1. The board of elections shall cause all absentee ballots received by
 it  before  the  close  of  the  polls  on  election day and all ballots
 contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the United  States
 postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or showing a dated
 endorsement  of  receipt  by another agency of the United States govern
 ment, OR OF A COMMON CARRIER with a date which is ascertained to be  not
 later  than  the  day  before  election  and  received  by such board of
 elections not later than seven days following the day of election to  be
 cast  and  counted  except  that  the  absentee  ballot  of  a voter who
 requested such ballot by letter, rather than application, shall  not  be
 counted  unless  a  valid  application  form,  signed  by such voter, is
 received by the board of elections with such ballot.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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