Bill Text: NY A06925 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-26 - opinion referred to judiciary [A06925 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06925-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6925

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 9, 2023
                                       ___________

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

                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

        proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation to authorizing ballot by mail by removing cause for  absentee
          ballot voting

     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of article
     2  2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 2. The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner  in  which,
     4  and  the  time  and place at which, qualified voters [who, on the occur-
     5  rence of any election, may be absent from the county of their  residence
     6  or,  if  residents of the city of New York, from the city, and qualified
     7  voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be unable  to  appear
     8  personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disabili-
     9  ty,]  may  vote  and  for  the  return and canvass of their votes in any
    10  election.
    11    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
    12  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
    13  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    14  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    15  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89111-01-3