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A02332 Summary:

BILL NO	A02332
SAME AS	SAME AS S04479
SPONSOR	Quart
COSPNSR	Kearns, Borelli, Lavine
MLTSPNSR
Amd S8-412, El L
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.

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A02332 Actions:

BILL NO	A02332
01/14/2013	referred to election law
01/08/2014	referred to election law

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A02332 Floor Votes:

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A02332 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2332
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2013
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        Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- 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.
                                                                   LBD05626-01-3

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