STATE OF NEW YORK
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5183--B
Cal. No. 443
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 19, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BAILEY, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retain-
ing its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to including a statement
on the envelopes of ballots for early mail voters, absentee voters and
special presidential voters for signature affirmation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7-119 of the election law, as
2 added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
3 6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
4 printed the following statement:
5 AFFIRMATION
6 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
7 registered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this
8 envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I have not
9 qualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere, that I have not committed
10 any act nor am I under any impediment which denies me the right to vote.
11 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
12 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
13 false statement in the foregoing statement of early mail voter, I shall
14 be guilty of a misdemeanor.
15 Date ............... 20 ................
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ..........................
2 Signature or mark of voter
3 ..........................
4 Signature of Witness
5 (required only if voter
6 does not sign their own
7 name)
8 ..........................
9 Address of Witness
10 IMPORTANT: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS ENVELOPE.
11 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 7-122 of the election law, as amended by
12 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
13 6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
14 printed the following statement:
15 AFFIRMATION
16 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
17 registered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this
18 envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I will be
19 unable to appear personally on the day of the election for which this
20 ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I
21 am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here-
22 tofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote
23 elsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under any imped-
24 iment which denies me the right to vote.
25 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
26 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
27 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
28 guilty of a misdemeanor.
29 Date.................20..... .....................................
30 Signature or mark of voter
31 .....................................
32 Signature of Witness (required only
33 if voter does not sign [his or her]
34 their own name)
35 .....................................
36 Address of Witness
37 IMPORTANT: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS ENVELOPE.
38 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by
39 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
40 3. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow-
41 ing statement:
42 STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER
43 I do declare I am a qualified special presidential voter of said
44 district; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote
45 elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I
46 am a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for
47 which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen years of age;
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1 and that I have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment,
2 which denies me the right to vote.
3 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
4 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
5 false statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a
6 misdemeanor.
7 Date.................20..... .....................................
8 Signature or mark of voter
9 .....................................
10 Signature of Witness (required only
11 if voter does not sign [his or her]
12 their own name)
13 .....................................
14 Address of Witness
15 IMPORTANT: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS ENVELOPE.
16 § 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
17 law.
