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NY S03025

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/26/2023

Primary Sponsor

Leroy Comrie

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires board of inspectors at nursing homes and senior citizen residences to deliver absentee ballot applications to residents who request them and assist residents in completing applications.

  • Mandates board of inspectors to immediately deliver absentee ballots and envelopes to registered voters who submit completed applications at such facilities.

  • Requires board of inspectors to obtain and deliver appropriate ballots from the board of elections for residents registered to vote in election districts other than where the facility is located.

  • Amends Election Law Section 8-407 to add these requirements to subdivision 10-a and expands the supply of materials boards of inspectors must carry to include extra absentee ballots, envelopes, and applications.

  • Takes effect thirty days after becoming law.

Legislative Description

Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; requires board of inspectors to deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

Last Action

REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

1/3/2024

Committee Referrals

Elections1/26/2023

Full Bill Text

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