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- Print number 3516a
- Amend and recommit to local government
- Referred to local government
- Referred to local government
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Requires fire districts to provide absentee ballots for fire district elections; related provisions
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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BILL NUMBER:S3516A
Title of bill
An act to amend the town law, in relation to absentee ballots for fire district elections
Purpose or general idea of bill
Requires fire districts to provide absentee ballots for fire district elections. The legislation also simplifies the application for an absentee ballot in the Town Law to be less burdensome and intrusive.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends § 175-b of the Town Law requiring that absentee ballots must be provided in fire district elections. An applicant for such absentee ballot shall submit an application setting forth information that is required under current election Law Governing the application for an absentee ballot.
Justification
Current law allows absentee voting in fire district elections to be optional upon adoption of a resolution by the board of fire commissioners. This local option has the effect of preventing some voters from expressing their preferences in these elections. Fire district elections should be as open and accessible to the public as government elections. Everyone should have the right to vote via absentee ballot.
Prior legislative history
2009 - New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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