Bill Text: NY S00360 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 360 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-12 - DELIVERED TO SECRETARY OF STATE [S00360 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S00360-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           360

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. COMRIE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRESLIN,
          BROOKS, FELDER,  GAUGHRAN,  GIANARIS,  GOUNARDES,  HARCKHAM,  HOYLMAN,
          JACKSON,  KAMINSKY,  KAPLAN,  KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,  LIU, MAY,
          MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS,  SAVI-
          NO,  SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Judiciary

                    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 Assembly concur), That section 2 of  arti-
     2  cle 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 Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    12  be submitted to the people for approval at the general  election  to  be
    13  held  in the year 2021 in accordance with the provisions of the election
    14  law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89075-01-1