STATE OF NEW YORK
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6259
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 7, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring educational
institutions in the state to communicate all absentee ballot deadlines
for New York state elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4-120 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. (a) All public and private colleges in the state shall send notifi-
4 cations to all enrolled students of the deadline to apply for absentee
5 ballots on such educational institution websites or through email at
6 least three times one month prior to the official submission deadline,
7 for all village, city, primary, special, and general elections in New
8 York state.
9 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "college" shall mean any
10 institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the regents
11 of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of
12 study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09363-01-5
