Senate Bill S7167

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to amending the require time to commence counting of absentee ballots

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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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2013-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9243
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-209, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1136, A220
2017-2018: S1577

2013-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots.

2013-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7167

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 1, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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 amending  the  required
  time to commence counting of absentee ballots

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  9-209  of  the
election  law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) The board of elections shall  designate  itself  or  such  of  its
employees  as  it shall deem appropriate as a set of poll clerks to cast
and canvass such ballots, and fix a time and place for their meeting for
such purpose, provided that such meeting shall be no more than  fourteen
days  after  a  general  or special election and no more than eight days
after a primary election at which such ballots are voted. THE  BOARD  OF
ELECTIONS  SHALL  COMMENCE CANVASSING SUCH BALLOTS (I) THAT ARE RECEIVED
ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE DAY PRECEDING ELECTION DAY  BY
NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE CLOSE OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY
AND  (II)  THAT  ARE  RECEIVED  ON  ELECTION DAY OR WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF
ELECTION DAY IN THE CASE OF A  PRIMARY  ELECTION  OR  THIRTEEN  DAYS  OF
ELECTION  DAY  IN THE CASE OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION BY THE CLOSE
OF BUSINESS ON THE EIGHTH DAY FOLLOWING ELECTION DAY IN THE  CASE  OF  A
PRIMARY  ELECTION  OR  THE  FOURTEENTH  DAY  IN THE CASE OF A GENERAL OR
SPECIAL ELECTION OR ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY THEREAFTER  IN  THE  EVENT
THAT THE EIGHTH DAY OR THE FOURTEENTH DAY, AS APPLICABLE, AFTER ELECTION
DAY  IS  A  WEEKEND DAY OR A HOLIDAY. The board may designate additional
sets of poll clerks and if it designates more than one  such  set  shall
apportion  among  all  such  sets the election districts from which such
ballots have been received, provided that all such ballots from a single
election district shall be assigned to a single set of clerks, and  that
each  such  set  shall be divided equally between representatives of the
two major political parties. Each such set of clerks shall be  deemed  a
central board of inspectors for purposes of this section.
  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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