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A03291 Summary:

BILL NOA03291
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07046
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRGlick, Dickens, Kelles, Paulin, Shimsky, Sillitti, Simon, Anderson, Burgos, Cunningham, Carroll, De Los Santos, Rosenthal L, Shrestha, Thiele, Solages, Ardila, Reyes, Woerner, Jacobson, Simone
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2, Chap 139 of 2020; amd §4, Chap 2 of 2022
 
Makes the expansion of absentee voting provisions permanent.
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A03291 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3291
 
SPONSOR: Dinowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 139 of the laws of 2020 amending the election law relating to absentee voting, in relation to the effectiveness there- of; and to amend chapter 2 of the laws of 2022 amending the election law relating to absentee voting in village elections, in relation to the effectiveness thereof   PURPOSE: This bill would make permanent absentee voting due to the risk of contracting or spreading a disease.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends section one of chapter 2 of the laws of 2022 amending section two of chapter 139 of the laws of 2020 to remove the expiration and repealing provision from the effective date from legislation which included within the definition of "illness" as it relates to absentee voting in instances where a voter who is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease-causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public. Section two of the bill amends section four of chapter 2 of the laws of 2022 to remove the expiration and repealing provision from the effective date from legislation which included within the definition of "illness" as it relates to absentee voting in village elections in instances where a voter who is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease-causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public. Section three of the bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: COVID-19 is still a risk and reminded us how lethal contagious diseases can be. Voters should never have to choose between their health and their right to participate in our democracy. While the ballot measure that would have permanently allowed no-excuse absentee voting was voted down in November 2021, this legislation only makes permanent provisions which have allowed voters to cast their ballot when there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public, which they have specifically been able to do since 2020.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill   FISCAL, IMPLICATIONS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
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A03291 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3291
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 139 of the laws of 2020 amending the election
          law relating to absentee voting,  in  relation  to  the  effectiveness
          thereof;  and  to  amend  chapter  2  of the laws of 2022 amending the
          election law relating to absentee  voting  in  village  elections,  in
          relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 139 of the laws of 2020  amending  the
     2  election law relating to absentee voting, as amended by chapter 2 of the
     3  laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
     5  deemed repealed December 31, 2022].
     6    § 2. Section 4 of chapter 2 of the laws of 2022 amending the  election
     7  law  relating to absentee voting in village elections is amended to read
     8  as follows:
     9    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    10  have  been  in  full  force  and effect on and after December 31, 2021[;
    11  provided however that the provisions of sections two and three  of  this
    12  act shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2022].
    13    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    14  have been in full force and effect on and after December 31, 2022.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02982-01-3
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