A00220 Summary:

BILL NOA00220
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01136
 
SPONSORBuchwald
 
COSPNSRGottfried, Mosley, Peoples-Stokes, Rivera, Robinson, Galef
 
MLTSPNSRAbbate, Brennan
 
Amd S9-209, El L
 
Relates to amending the required time to commence counting of absentee ballots.
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A00220 Actions:

BILL NOA00220
 
01/07/2015referred to election law
01/06/2016referred to election law
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A00220 Committee Votes:

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A00220 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A00220 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           220
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUCHWALD, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, PEOPLES-STOKES,
          RIVERA, ROBINSON, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  ABBATE,
          BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
        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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00081-01-5

        A. 220                              2
 
     1  election  district shall be assigned to a single set of clerks, and that
     2  each such set shall be divided equally between  representatives  of  the
     3  two  major  political parties. Each such set of clerks shall be deemed a
     4  central board of inspectors for purposes of this section.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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