Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; board of inspectors shall deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2347
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 19, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 voting in
nursing homes and senior citizen residences
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-407 of the election law, as
2 added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new subdivi-
3 sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
4 5. The board of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors
5 all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
6 are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
7 tors is assigned to attend, together with an additional supply of the
8 appropriate absentee ballot, absentee ballot envelopes, applications for
9 absentee ballots, one or more portable voting booths of a type approved
10 by the state board of elections and such other supplies as such board of
11 inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
12 10-a. The board of inspectors shall deliver an application for an
13 absentee ballot to any resident of such facility for whom it does not
14 have an absentee ballot and who requests such an application. The board
15 of inspectors shall assist any such resident who requests assistance to
16 complete such application. Upon receiving a completed application from
17 any resident, the board of inspectors shall forthwith deliver an absen-
18 tee ballot and ballot envelope to such voter in the manner prescribed by
19 this section.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07322-01-1
