Bill Text: NY A06175 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to early voting; and to repeal sections 11-300, 11-302, and 11-306 of such law relating thereto

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to election law [A06175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06175-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6175
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 26, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to early voting; and to
         repeal sections 11-300, 11-302, and 11-306 of such law relating there-
         to
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Sections 11-300, 11-302 and 11-306 of the election law are
    2  REPEALED and a new section 11-300 is added to read as follows:
    3    S 11-300. SPECIAL BALLOTS FOR EARLY VOTING. A VOTER MAY DELIVER TO THE
    4  BOARD OF ELECTIONS A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HE OR SHE DESIRES TO VOTE AT
    5  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PRIOR TO OR ON THE DATE OF  THE  ELECTION.    THE
    6  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  AFTER DETERMINING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE VOTER
    7  AND THAT THE VOTER HAD NOT  PREVIOUSLY  VOTED  IN  THE  ELECTION,  SHALL
    8  PROVIDE  THE  VOTER  WITH THE APPROPRIATE BALLOT AND PERMIT THE VOTER TO
    9  CAST A SPECIAL BALLOT AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, NOT  EARLIER  THAN  TWO
   10  WEEKS  BEFORE  THE  ELECTION  AND  NOT  LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF POLLS ON
   11  ELECTION DAY. EACH SUCH BALLOT SHALL BE PLACED IN AN ENVELOPE,  PROVIDED
   12  BY  THE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS, THEN SEALED; THE VOTER SHALL DATE AND SIGN
   13  HIS OR HER NAME ON THE OUTSIDE OF  THE  ENVELOPE.  SUCH  BALLOT  MAY  BE
   14  DELIVERED  TO  THE INSPECTORS OF ELECTION IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THIS
   15  CHAPTER FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS OR RETAINED BY THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  AND
   16  CAST  AND  CANVASSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 9-209 OF THIS
   17  CHAPTER AS SUCH BOARD SHALL, IN ITS DISCRETION, DETERMINE BY  RESOLUTION
   18  ADOPTED AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
   20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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