Bill Text: NY A01280 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1280 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the board of elections to establish an electronic system allowing absentee voters to monitor the status of their ballot and to correct an unaccepted ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01280 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01280-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1280
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. QUART, LAVINE, GALEF -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Election Law
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
          elections to notify absentee voters of the status of their ballot
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 8-412 of the election law is amended by adding two
     2  new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
     3    3. The board of  elections  shall  provide  written  documentation  or
     4  online  confirmation  of  receipt of an absentee ballot and whether such
     5  ballot was accepted by the board.
     6    4. When an absentee ballot is not accepted by the board of  elections,
     7  the  board  shall provide the voter with written documentation or online
     8  confirmation that such ballot was not accepted. The  written  documenta-
     9  tion  or  online  confirmation  provided to the voter by the board shall
    10  provide an explanation detailing the reason why the absentee ballot  was
    11  not accepted and how the ballot may be corrected.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01317-01-9