Bill Text: NY A03905 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A03905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03905-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3905

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to including a statement
          on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special  presiden-
          tial voters for signature affirmation

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7-122  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    6. On the reverse side of such inner  affirmation  envelope  shall  be
     5  printed the following statement:
     6                                 AFFIRMATION
     7    I  do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
     8  registered in the election district shown on the reverse  side  of  this
     9  envelope  and  I  am  qualified to vote in such district; that I will be
    10  unable to appear personally on the day of the election  for  which  this
    11  ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
    12  am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
    13  tofore  submitted;  that  I  have  not qualified nor do I intend to vote
    14  elsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under  any  imped-
    15  iment which denies me the right to vote.
    16    I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
    17  my  knowledge  and  belief, and I understand that if I make any material
    18  false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
    19  guilty of a misdemeanor.

    20  Date.................20.....       .....................................
    21                                     Signature or mark of voter

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1                                     .....................................
     2                                     Signature of Witness (required only
     3                                     if voter does not sign his or her own
     4                                     name)

     5                                     .....................................
     6                                     Address of Witness

     7    IMPORTANT  TO  ABSENTEE  VOTER:  YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS
     8  ENVELOPE.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by
    10  chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    11    3.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
    12  ing statement:

    13                   STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER

    14    I  do  declare  I  am  a  qualified special presidential voter of said
    15  district; that I am not qualified and am not able  to  qualify  to  vote
    16  elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
    17  am  a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
    18  which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen  years  of  age;
    19  and  that  I  have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
    20  which denies me the right to vote.
    21    I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
    22  my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
    23  false  statement  in  the  foregoing  statement,  I shall be guilty of a
    24  misdemeanor.

    25  Date.................20.....       .....................................
    26                                     Signature or mark of voter

    27                                     .....................................
    28                                     Signature of Witness (required only
    29                                     if voter does not sign his or her own
    30                                     name)

    31                                     .....................................
    32                                     Address of Witness

    33    IMPORTANT TO SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION
    34  ON THIS ENVELOPE.
    35    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.