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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         284--C
            Cal. No. 2
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. MYRIE, BIAGGI, BROUK, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, LIU, MAY,
          REICHLIN-MELNICK, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when
          printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Elections -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Elections  in
          accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
          committee and committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
          bly  from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
          and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
          to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading -- repassed by Senate and  delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to counting of affidavit
          ballots

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 7 of section 9-209 of the
     2  election law, as added by chapter 763 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (d) If the central board of canvassers determines that  a  person  was
     5  entitled to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such
     6  affidavit  ballot  if  such  board finds that the voter appeared at [the
     7  correct] a polling place, in the correct county, which is designated  as
     8  a  polling  place  for  the correct assembly district, regardless of the
     9  fact that the voter may have appeared in the incorrect election district
    10  or polling place, and regardless of whether the voter's name was in  the
    11  registration  poll  record;  provided,  however,  that in the event such
    12  ballot includes one or more offices for which such person is  not  enti-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02357-07-2
        S. 284--C                           2
 
     1  tled  to  vote  at  such  election,  such  ballot shall only be cast and
     2  canvassed for the offices for which such person is entitled to  vote  at
     3  such election.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.