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S04479 Summary:

BILL NO	S04479
SAME AS	SAME AS A02332
SPONSOR	TKACZYK
COSPNSR
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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S04479 Actions:

BILL NO	S04479
04/03/2013	REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
01/08/2014	REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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S04479 Floor Votes:

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S04479 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4479
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      April 3, 2013
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        Introduced  by  Sen. TKACZYK -- 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 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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