STATE OF NEW YORK
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6076--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 30, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8-400 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a qualified voter in
4 any village, town, city, or school or fire district may vote in any
5 special election, district election or local referendum by absentee
6 ballot pursuant to this section.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07132-02-0
