Bill Text: NY S00165 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles by making it a felony for anyone other than the board of elections to erect, display or maintain an absentee ballot drop-off box or receptacle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00165-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           165

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting  fraudulent
          absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles

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

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  17-172
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 17-172. Absentee ballot drop-off fraud.  Any person or entity, other
     4  than the board of elections, who erects, displays or maintains an absen-
     5  tee ballot drop-off box or receptacle is guilty of a felony.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02140-01-3