Bill Text: NY S07178 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to canvass of ballots cast by certain voters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-03 - ordered to third reading cal.437 [S07178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07178-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7178

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2020
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to canvass of ballots cast
          by certain voters

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

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (v)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision 2 of
     2  section 9-209 of the election law, as added by a chapter of the laws  of
     3  2019  amending  the  election law relating to canvass of ballots cast by
     4  certain voters, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  3045-B  and
     5  A. 1320-A, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (v) If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to
     7  vote  at  such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot if
     8  such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the require-
     9  ments of this chapter. For purposes of this subparagraph,  substantially
    10  complied  shall  mean  the  board  can determine the voter's eligibility
    11  based on the statement of the affiant or records of the board.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    13  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the election law relat-
    14  ing  to canvass of ballots cast by certain voters, as proposed in legis-
    15  lative bills numbers S. 3045-B and A. 1320-A, takes effect.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02909-06-0