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S00264 Summary:
BILL NO | S00264 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A05783 |
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SPONSOR | MYRIE |
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COSPNSR | BAILEY, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROUK, GAUGHRAN, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN, KENNEDY, PARKER, REICHLIN-MELNICK, SANDERS |
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Amd 8-400, El L | |
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Relates to absentee voting application deadlines; provides all applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail must be received by the board of elections no later than the fifteenth day before the election for a ballot is first requested; provides applications delivered in person shall be received no later than the day before such election. |
S00264 Actions:
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01/06/2021 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/11/2021 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/11/2021 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/11/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/11/2021 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/11/2021 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2021 | substituted for a5783 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2021 | ordered to third reading cal.151 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/10/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/12/2021 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/16/2021 | SIGNED CHAP.273 |
S00264 Committee Votes:
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Clark
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Lavine
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Peoples-Stokes
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Ashby
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Cruz
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Aubry
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Giglio JM
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Glick
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Stern
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Barrett
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Barron
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Goodell
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McDonald
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Tague
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DeStefano
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Gottfried
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McDonough
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Reilly
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Taylor
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Thiele
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Durso
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Miller M
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Brown
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Mitaynes
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Rosenthal D
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Wallace
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Englebright
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Rosenthal L
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Williams
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Byrne
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Norris
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Woerner
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Fitzpatrick
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Joyner
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O'Donnell
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Schmitt
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Zebrowski
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Cahill
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Forrest
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Kelles
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Otis
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Seawright
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Zinerman
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Carroll
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Friend
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Kim
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Palmesano
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Septimo
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Mr. Speaker
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S00264 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 264 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- 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 absentee voting appli- cation deadlines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 1988, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (c) All applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail must be 5 [mailed to] received by the board of elections not later than the 6 [seventh] fifteenth day before the election for which a ballot is first 7 requested [or delivered to]. Applications for an absentee ballot that 8 will be delivered in person at the board of elections to the voter or to 9 an agent of the voter must be received by such board not later than the 10 day before such election. 11 § 2. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election 12 law, as amended by chapter 138 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read 13 as follows: 14 (d) The board of elections shall mail an absentee ballot to every 15 qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, when such voter 16 requests an absentee ballot from such board of elections in writing in a 17 letter, telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax 18 number from which the writing is sent or other written instrument, or an 19 electronic application submitted by the voter by electronic mail or 20 through an electronic transmittal system or web portal established by 21 the state board of elections or city or county board of elections, which 22 is received by the board of elections not later than the [seventh] 23 fifteenth day before the election for which the ballot is first 24 requested and which states the address where the voter is registered and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02513-01-1S. 264 2 1 the address to which the ballot is to be mailed; provided, however, a 2 military voter may request a military ballot or voter registration 3 application or an absentee ballot application in a letter as provided in 4 subdivision three of section 10-106 of this chapter; and provided 5 further, a special federal voter may request a special federal ballot or 6 voter registration application or an absentee ballot application in a 7 letter as provided in paragraph d of subdivision one of section 11-202 8 of this chapter. The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a 9 form of application for absentee ballot if the applicant is registered 10 with such board of elections. 11 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election 12 law, as separately amended by chapters 97 and 104 of the laws of 2010, 13 is amended to read as follows: 14 (d) The board of elections shall mail an absentee ballot to every 15 qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests such 16 an absentee ballot from such board of elections in writing in a letter, 17 telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax number from 18 which the writing is sent or other written instrument, which is signed 19 by the voter and received by the board of elections not [earlier than20the thirtieth day nor] later than the [seventh] fifteenth day before the 21 election for which the ballot is first requested and which states the 22 address where the voter is registered and the address to which the 23 ballot is to be mailed; provided, however, a military voter may request 24 a military ballot or voter registration application or an absentee 25 ballot application in a letter as provided in subdivision three of 26 section 10-106 of this chapter; and provided further, a special federal 27 voter may request a special federal ballot or voter registration appli- 28 cation or an absentee ballot application in a letter as provided in 29 paragraph d of subdivision one of section 11-202 of this chapter. The 30 board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of application 31 for absentee ballot if the applicant is registered with such board of 32 elections. 33 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend- 34 ments to paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the election 35 law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the expiration 36 and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 7 of chapter 91 of 37 the laws of 2020, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of 38 section three of this act shall take effect.