Bill Text: NY S08850 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-29 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08850 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08850-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8850

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 29, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 including  a  statement
          on  the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presiden-
          tial voters for signature affirmation

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section 7-122 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 411 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    6.  On  the  reverse  side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
     5  printed the following statement:
     6                                 AFFIRMATION
     7    I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am  duly
     8  registered  in  the  election district shown on the reverse side of this
     9  envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district;  that  I  will  be
    10  unable  to  appear  personally on the day of the election for which this
    11  ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
    12  am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
    13  tofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor  do  I  intend  to  vote
    14  elsewhere,  that  I have not committed any act nor am I under any imped-
    15  iment which denies me the right to vote.
    16    I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
    17  my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
    18  false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
    19  guilty of a misdemeanor.

    20  Date.................20.....       .....................................
    21                                     Signature or mark of voter

    22                                     .....................................
    23                                     Signature of Witness (required only
    24                                     if voter does not sign his or her own
    25                                     name)

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16981-01-0
        S. 8850                             2

     1                                     .....................................
     2                                     Address of Witness

     3    IMPORTANT  TO  ABSENTEE  VOTER:  YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS
     4  ENVELOPE.
     5    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by
     6  chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     7    3.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
     8  ing statement:

     9                   STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER

    10    I  do  declare  I  am  a  qualified special presidential voter of said
    11  district; that I am not qualified and am not able  to  qualify  to  vote
    12  elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
    13  am  a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
    14  which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen  years  of  age;
    15  and  that  I  have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
    16  which denies me the right to vote.
    17    I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
    18  my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
    19  false  statement  in  the  foregoing  statement,  I shall be guilty of a
    20  misdemeanor.

    21  Date.................20.....       .....................................
    22                                     Signature or mark of voter

    23                                     .....................................
    24                                     Signature of Witness (required only
    25                                     if voter does not sign his or her own
    26                                     name)

    27                                     .....................................
    28                                     Address of Witness

    29    IMPORTANT TO SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION
    30  ON THIS ENVELOPE.
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.