Authorizes United States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to vote in certain federal elections.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5679
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 authorizing United
States citizens currently residing outside the United States whose
last residence in the United States was in the state of New York to
vote in certain federal elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-200 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 99 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. Every citizen of the United States now residing outside the United
5 States whose last domicile in the United States immediately prior to
6 [his] such citizen's departure from the United States was in the state
7 of New York, shall be entitled to vote from such last domicile, as a
8 special federal voter in all primary, special and general elections for
9 the public offices or party positions of president and vice-president of
10 the United States, United States senator, representative in congress and
11 delegates and alternate delegates to a national convention, provided
12 such citizen, at the time of such departure from the United States,
13 could have met all the present qualifications of this chapter to vote in
14 federal elections from such last domicile, except the qualification with
15 respect to minimum voting age, even though such citizen does not now
16 maintain a place of abode or domicile in the state of New York, and
17 provided further that such citizen does not maintain a place of abode or
18 domicile, is not registered to vote and is not voting in any other
19 election district[,] or state[, territory or possession of the United
20 States] and provided further that such citizen has a valid passport or
21 card of identity and registration issued under the authority of the
22 secretary of state of the United States.
23 § 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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