Bill Text: NY S01577 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01577 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S01577-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1577 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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 amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 9-209 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) The board of elections shall designate itself or such of its 5 employees as it shall deem appropriate as a set of poll clerks to cast 6 and canvass such ballots, and fix a time and place for their meeting for 7 such purpose, provided that such meeting shall be no more than fourteen 8 days after a general or special election and no more than eight days 9 after a primary election at which such ballots are voted. The board of 10 elections shall commence canvassing such ballots (i) that are received 11 on or before the close of business on the day preceding election day by 12 no later than forty-eight hours after the close of polls on election day 13 and (ii) that are received on election day or within seven days of 14 election day in the case of a primary election or thirteen days of 15 election day in the case of a general or special election by the close 16 of business on the eighth day following election day in the case of a 17 primary election or the fourteenth day in the case of a general or 18 special election or on the first business day thereafter in the event 19 that the eighth day or the fourteenth day, as applicable, after election 20 day is a weekend day or a holiday. The board may designate additional 21 sets of poll clerks and if it designates more than one such set shall 22 apportion among all such sets the election districts from which such 23 ballots have been received, provided that all such ballots from a single 24 election district shall be assigned to a single set of clerks, and that 25 each such set shall be divided equally between representatives of the 26 two major political parties. Each such set of clerks shall be deemed a 27 central board of inspectors for purposes of this section. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00875-01-7
