S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6971--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 18, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to counting of affidavit ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 2 9-209 of the election law, as added by chapter 248 of the laws of 2009, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 3. If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to 5 vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot if 6 such board finds that the voter appeared at [the correct] A polling 7 place IN THE CORRECT COUNTY, regardless of the fact that the voter may 8 have appeared in the incorrect election district. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05016-04-0