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NY A05783
Bill
Status
2/25/2021
Primary Sponsor
Alfred Taylor
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AI Summary
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Extends the deadline for absentee ballot applications requested by mail from 7 days to 15 days before the election.
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Allows absentee ballot applications delivered in person at the board of elections to be received up to the day before the election.
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Changes the requirement from applications being "mailed to" the board of elections to being "received by" the board, clarifying the deadline is when the board receives the application.
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Applies the extended deadline to applications submitted through various methods including letters, telefax, email, or electronic web portals established by election boards.
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Takes effect immediately, with provisions subject to expiration dates set in prior election law amendments.
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
substituted by s264
3/10/2021