Bill Summary: S.7394-A - New York Early Mail Voter Act

• Establishes early mail voting in New York, allowing registered voters to apply for and vote by mail in any election conducted by their board of elections.

• Creates an electronic early mail ballot application system through which voters can apply online, with applications due 10 days before election day (or day before for in-person applications).

• Requires boards of elections to mail early mail ballots with prepaid return envelopes and establishes a deadline of 7 days after election day for ballot receipt, with postmark presumption for timely delivery.

• Establishes an online early mail ballot tracking system allowing voters to monitor application status and ballot receipt without requiring account creation.

• Extends early mail voting to village elections, school district elections, and special town elections with similar procedures and deadlines.

• Amends absentee ballot application deadline from 15 days to 10 days before election to align with early mail voting, and prohibits challenges to early mail ballots based on whether voter should have applied for absentee ballot.

• Takes effect January 1, 2024 for all subsequent general, primary, run-off primary, and special elections.