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NY S09837

Bill

Status

Passed

8/6/2024

Primary Sponsor

Zellnor Myrie

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires boards of elections to include a domestic postage-paid return envelope with cure affirmation notices for voters to return defective ballots by mail.

  • Allows voters to submit cure affirmations in person, by mail, or electronically as an email attachment or uploaded document.

  • Extends the deadline for submitting cure affirmations to five p.m. on the seventh day following the election, whichever is later than seven business days after the rejection notice.

  • Specifies that cure affirmations received electronically before midnight on the final cure day are considered timely.

  • Takes effect September 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email.

Last Action

SIGNED CHAP.220

8/6/2024

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/6/2024
Rules6/3/2024

Full Bill Text

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