Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to vote in certain federal elections.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9709
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing United
States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose
last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to
vote in certain federal elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-200 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 99 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. Every citizen of the United States now residing outside the United
5 States whose last domicile in the United States immediately prior to his
6 departure from the United States was in the state of New York, shall be
7 entitled to vote from such last domicile, as a special federal voter in
8 all primary, special and general elections for the public offices or
9 party positions of president and vice-president of the United States,
10 United States senator, representative in congress and delegates and
11 alternate delegates to a national convention, provided such citizen, at
12 the time of such departure from the United States, could have met all
13 the present qualifications of this chapter to vote in federal elections
14 from such last domicile, except the qualification with respect to mini-
15 mum voting age, even though such citizen does not now maintain a place
16 of abode or domicile in the state of New York, and provided further that
17 such citizen does not maintain a place of abode or domicile, is not
18 registered to vote and is not voting in any other election district[,]
19 or state[, territory or possession of the United States] and provided
20 further that such citizen has a valid passport or card of identity and
21 registration issued under the authority of the secretary of state of the
22 United States.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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