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NY S00440
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Zellnor Myrie
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AI Summary
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Allows county boards of elections to establish polling places at state and local correctional facilities during the early voting period, operating for at least 3 hours (6 hours in NYC) between 10 and 8 days before elections
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Requires boards of elections in counties with 100,000+ registered voters to provide absentee balloting services at correctional facilities holding 75 or more detained individuals, regardless of how many ballot applications are received
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Mandates that correctional facilities provide all eligible detained individuals access to voter registration and absentee ballot applications no later than 21 days before election day
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Requires the State Board of Elections to create non-partisan educational materials about voting rights for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals to be included in inmate handbooks and reentry resources
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Grants bi-partisan board of elections officials and inspectors explicit authority to visit correctional facilities to discharge voting-related duties, adding them to the list of persons who may visit such facilities at pleasure
Legislative Description
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/7/2026