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A01566 Summary:

BILL NOA01566A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05183
 
SPONSORTaylor
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§7-122 & 7-125, El L
 
Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.
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A01566 Actions:

BILL NOA01566A
 
01/10/2025referred to election law
04/02/2025amend and recommit to election law
04/02/2025print number 1566a
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A01566 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1566--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00491-03-5

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     1                                     .....................................
     2                                     Signature of Witness (required only
     3                                     if voter does not sign [his or her]
     4                                     their own name)
 
     5                                     .....................................
     6                                     Address of Witness
 
     7    IMPORTANT  TO  ABSENTEE  VOTER:  YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS
     8  ENVELOPE.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by
    10  chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    11    3.  On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the  follow-
    12  ing statement:

    13                   STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER
 
    14    I  do  declare  I  am  a  qualified special presidential voter of said
    15  district; that I am not qualified and am not able  to  qualify  to  vote
    16  elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
    17  am  a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
    18  which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen  years  of  age;
    19  and  that  I  have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
    20  which denies me the right to vote.
    21    I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
    22  my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
    23  false  statement  in  the  foregoing  statement,  I shall be guilty of a
    24  misdemeanor.
 
    25  Date.................20.....       .....................................
    26                                     Signature or mark of voter
 
    27                                     .....................................
    28                                     Signature of Witness (required only
    29                                     if voter does not sign [his or her]
    30                                     their own name)
 
    31                                     .....................................
    32                                     Address of Witness
 
    33    IMPORTANT TO SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION
    34  ON THIS ENVELOPE.
    35    § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    36  law.
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