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A03929 Summary:
BILL NO | A03929 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S08617 |
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SPONSOR | Aubry (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Cook, Crespo, Peoples-Stokes, Pretlow, Perry, Abinanti |
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MLTSPNSR | Ramos, Rodriguez |
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Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L | |
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Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired. |
A03929 Actions:
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01/30/2017 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/24/2018 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2018 | advanced to third reading cal.783 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/30/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/30/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/30/2018 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
A03929 Committee Votes:
Lavine | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
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A03929 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Steck
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Stern
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Curran
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barnwell
ER
Davila
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Barrett
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titus
Yes
Barron
ER
DenDekker
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bohen
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
ER
Weprin
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fernandez
ER
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
ER
Palmesano
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Colton
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lifton
ER
Paulin
Yes
Solages
Yes
Cook
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Stec
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A03929 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3929 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY, COOK, CRESPO, PEOPLES-STOKES, PRETLOW, PERRY, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RAMOS, RODRIGUEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar- ifying that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the 2 education law, as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 5 statement: 6 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 8 least eighteen years of age, on the date of the school district 9 election; that I will have been a resident of this state and of the 10 school district and school election district, if any, shown on the 11 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said 12 election and duly registered in the school district and school election 13 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that I 14 am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district; 15 that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said school 16 district election at the polling place of the said district in which I 17 am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on my 18 application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 19 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 20 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 21 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07252-01-7A. 3929 2 1 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 2 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 3 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 4 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I 5 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 6 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 7 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 8 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 9 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or received 10 a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good 11 conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law removing 12 my disability to register and vote or my maximum sentence of imprison- 13 ment has expired or I have been discharged from parole. 14 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 15 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 16 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 17 guilty of a misdemeanor. 18 Date.....................Signature of Voter .......................... 19 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 2018-b of the education 20 law, as amended by section 9 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 21 2010, is amended to read as follows: 22 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 23 statement: 24 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 25 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 26 least eighteen years of age on the date of the school district election; 27 that I will have been a resident of this state and of the school 28 district and school election district, if any, shown on the reverse side 29 of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said election and 30 that I am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school 31 district; that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said 32 school district election at the polling place of the said district in 33 which I am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on 34 my application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 35 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 36 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 37 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- 38 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 39 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 40 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 41 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I 42 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 43 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 44 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 45 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 46 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or have 47 received a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of 48 good conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law 49 removing my disability to vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment 50 has expired or I have been discharged from parole.A. 3929 3 1 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 2 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 3 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 4 guilty of a misdemeanor. 5 Date....................Signature of Voter ........................... 6 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 84-a of the town law, as 7 amended by section 10 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 10 statement: 11 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 12 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 13 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 14 the special town election; that I will have been a resident of this 15 state and of the town shown on the reverse side of this envelope for 16 thirty days next preceding the said election; that I am or on such date 17 will be, a registered voter of said town; that I will be unable to 18 appear personally on the day of said special town election at the poll- 19 ing place of the election district in which I am or will be a qualified 20 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 21 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 22 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 23 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 24 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 25 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 26 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 27 special town election, and have not made any promise to influence the 28 giving or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become 29 directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 30 result of this special town election; and that I have not been convicted 31 of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 32 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 33 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 34 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 35 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 36 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 37 discharged from parole. 38 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 39 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 40 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 41 guilty of a misdemeanor. 42 Date.............. Signature of Voter.................. 43 § 4. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 175-b of the town law, as 44 amended by section 11 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 45 amended to read as follows: 46 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 47 ing statement: 48 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 49 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 50 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 51 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 52 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 53 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 54 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will beA. 3929 4 1 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the 2 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 3 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 4 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 5 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 6 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 7 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 8 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 9 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 10 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 11 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 12 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 13 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 14 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 15 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 16 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 17 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 18 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 19 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 20 discharged from parole. 21 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 22 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 23 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 24 guilty of a misdemeanor. 25 Date..............Signature of Voter.................. 26 § 5. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 213-b of the town law, as 27 amended by section 12 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 28 amended to read as follows: 29 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 30 ing statement: 31 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 32 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 33 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 34 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 35 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 36 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 37 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will be 38 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the 39 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 40 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 41 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 42 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 43 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 44 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 45 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 46 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 47 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 48 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 49 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 50 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 51 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 52 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 53 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 54 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 55 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register andA. 3929 5 1 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired or I have been 2 discharged from parole. 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 of absentee voter, I shall be 6 guilty of a misdemeanor. 7 Date............. Signature of Voter .............................. 8 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.