Requires the board of elections to establish an electronic system allowing absentee voters to monitor the status of their ballot and to correct an unaccepted ballot.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5528
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, R. CARROLL, REYES, EPSTEIN,
HEVESI, STECK, HYNDMAN, HUNTER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
elections to notify absentee voters of the status of their ballot
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8-412 of the election law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
3 3. The board of elections shall provide written documentation or
4 online confirmation of receipt of an absentee ballot and whether such
5 ballot was accepted by the board.
6 4. When an absentee ballot is not accepted by the board of elections,
7 the board shall provide the voter with written documentation or online
8 confirmation that such ballot was not accepted. The written documenta-
9 tion or online confirmation provided to the voter by the board shall
10 provide an explanation detailing the reason why the absentee ballot was
11 not accepted and how the ballot may be corrected.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06568-01-5
