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History
- Substituted by A5276B
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.65
- Print number 2868b
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Reported and committed to codes
- Referred to elections
- Substituted by A5276A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.566
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- Reported and committed to codes
- Print number 2868a
- Amend (t) and recommit to elections
- Referred to elections
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Simplifies the absentee ballot process by removing requirement of certain information that is to be provided
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballots
Purpose
The bill removes the requirement that applicants for an absentee ballot disclose those personal details of their need for it, which invade their privacy and compromise their safety and security.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 8-400(c)(i) to remove the requirement that an absentee ballot applicant, who will be absent from his county of residence for business reasons on election day, must disclose the special circumstances requiring his absence and his dates of absence. Similarly, it amends Election Law section 8-400(ii) to remove the requirement that applicants who will be absent due to vacation disclose where they will be and the dates they will be there. It also amends Election Law section 8-400(iii) to eliminate the requirement that a person who cannot go to the polls because of illness or physical disability not only disclose the name and address of the medical or christian science practitioner who advised him that he could not go, but also whether the illness or disability is temporary or permanent, and, if he expects to be in the hospital, the name and address of that hospital.
Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately.
Existing law
Although the New York State constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2 sets forth preconditions for a voter to vote by absentee ballot, the current Election Law requires that an applicant go beyond meeting those conditions to disclosing how they have met them and the surrounding personal and private details.
Justification
The disclosure of the reasons why a voter will be out of the county and the time period of such absence, and the medical information as to a voter's inability to go to the polls, is an unnecessary intrusion into the voter's privacy and poses a danger to the safety of the voter and the security of his property.
Legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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