Prohibits fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles by making it a felony for anyone other than the board of elections to erect, display or maintain an absentee ballot drop-off box or receptacle.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5041
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ, LUPARDO,
EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting fraudulent
absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 17-172
2 to read as follows:
3 § 17-172. Absentee ballot drop-off fraud. Any person or entity, other
4 than the board of elections, who erects, displays or maintains an absen-
5 tee ballot drop-off box or receptacle is guilty of a felony.
6 § 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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