Authorizes the board of elections to cause absentee ballots received by it by common carrier to be cast and counted provided such ballot was sent not later than the day before the election and received by such board of elections not later than seven days following the day of election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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898
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 21, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots
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 8-412 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. The board of elections shall cause all absentee ballots received by
5 it before the close of the polls on election day and all ballots
6 contained in envelopes showing a cancellation mark of the United States
7 postal service or a foreign country's postal service, or showing a dated
8 endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States govern-
9 ment, or of a common carrier with a date which is ascertained to be not
10 later than the day before election and received by such board of
11 elections not later than seven days following the day of election to be
12 cast and counted except that the absentee ballot of a voter who
13 requested such ballot by letter, rather than application, shall not be
14 counted unless a valid application form, signed by such voter, is
15 received by the board of elections with such ballot.
16 § 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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