Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; board of inspectors shall deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3948
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 31, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting in
nursing homes and senior citizen residences
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-407 of the election law, as
2 added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new subdivi-
3 sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
4 5. The board of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors
5 all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
6 are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
7 tors is assigned to attend, together with an additional supply of the
8 appropriate absentee ballots for the election district in which the
9 facility is located, absentee ballot envelopes, applications for absen-
10 tee ballots, one or more portable voting booths of a type approved by
11 the state board of elections and such other supplies as such board of
12 inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
13 10-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-402 of this title,
14 the board of inspectors shall deliver an application for an absentee
15 ballot to any resident of such facility for whom it does not have an
16 absentee ballot and who requests such an application. The board of
17 inspectors shall assist any such resident who requests assistance to
18 complete such application. Upon receiving a completed application from
19 any resident who is registered to vote at the facility, the board of
20 inspectors shall forthwith deliver an absentee ballot and ballot envel-
21 ope to such voter in the manner prescribed by this section. With
22 respect to the application of any resident of the facility who is regis-
23 tered to vote from an election district other than the one in which the
24 facility is located, the board of inspectors, if it does not have a
25 supply of the appropriate ballot, shall forthwith obtain the appropriate
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ballot from the board of elections and deliver such ballot and envelope
2 to such voter in the manner prescribed by this section.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
