Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1325--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. DILAN, AVELLA, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER,
STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Commit-
tee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to counting of affidavit
ballots
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
2 section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by chapter 308 of the laws
3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled
5 to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot
6 if such board finds that the voter appeared at [the correct] a polling
7 place in the correct county, regardless of the fact that the voter may
8 have appeared in the incorrect election district.
9 § 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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