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- Referred to election law
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 32–29
- Amended on third reading 3251b
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.805
- Print number 3251a
- Amend and recommit to elections
- Referred to elections
- Referred to elections
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Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3251B
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting at village elections
Purpose or general idea of bill
To amend the election law regarding absentee voting at village elections to conform to the state board of elections absentee ballot requirements.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 15-120 of the Election Law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 279 of the laws of 1983, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1983, subdivisions 4 and 5 as amended by chapter 84 of the laws of 1986 and subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 216 of the laws of 1982. A voter of a village may vote as an absentee voter if he or she is absent for the same reasons as a voter for a general election. Those reasons would include: duties, occupation, business, studies, illness, disability, membership in armed forces, patient status in health facility, inmate in holding or correctional facility, vacation, or the accompaniment of a spouse, parent, or child who is an absentee voter.
Justification
Village elections are governed by election laws that differ from general elections. This has resulted in confusion for those who administer the village elections, and the village residents who vote. This legislation would amend village election law for the application and administration of absentee ballots to conform to those methods used by other municipalities during primary and general elections. In the way, both the administrators and voters would use the same methods to vote by absentee ballot as they would in all other elections. This legislation would simplify and standardize the absentee ballot application process so that voting during the village election would be identical to voting during other elections.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Costs associated with printing new forms and retraining Village Clerks and staff.
Effective date
Immediately.
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