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NY S00264
Bill
Status
7/16/2021
Primary Sponsor
Zellnor Myrie
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AI Summary
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Extends the deadline for absentee ballot applications received by mail from the seventh day before an election to the fifteenth day before the election.
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Establishes a separate deadline for absentee ballot applications delivered in person at the board of elections, requiring receipt by the day before the election.
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Applies the fifteenth-day deadline requirement to absentee ballot requests submitted in writing by letter, telefax, or through electronic application systems.
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Removes the previous thirty-day minimum waiting period between when absentee ballot requests could be received.
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Takes effect immediately, with provisions for section 2 amendments to expire and revert pursuant to chapter 91 of the laws of 2020.
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
SIGNED CHAP.273
7/16/2021