Senate Bill S265

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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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2021-S265 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4260
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4737, A5190
2011-2012: S376, A9661
2013-2014: S1368, A3394
2015-2016: S1011, A2871
2017-2018: S8617, A3929
2019-2020: S7529, A3984
2023-2024: S3047, A1340

2021-S265 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.

2021-S265 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S265 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    265
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar-
   ifying that individuals have the ability to vote  by  absentee  ballot
   where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision  5  of  section  2018-a  of  the
 education  law,  as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 statement:
 
                        STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER
 
   I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be  at
 least  eighteen  years  of  age,  on  the  date  of  the school district
 election; that I will have been a resident of  this  state  and  of  the
 school  district  and  school  election  district,  if any, shown on the
 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next  preceding  the  said
 election  and duly registered in the school district and school election
 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that  I
 am  or  on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district;
 that I will be unable to appear personally on the  day  of  said  school
 district  election  at the polling place of the said district in which I
 am or will be a qualified voter because  of  the  reason  stated  on  my
 application  heretofore  submitted;  that  I have not qualified, or do I
 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of  this
 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive,
 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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