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Sets forth provisions for absentee ballots for fire district elections
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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BILL NUMBER:S7696
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
An act to amend the town law in relation to absentee ballots for fire district elections
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 175-b of the town law, as amended by chapter 401 of the lads of 1996 is amended to read as follows:
a. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this section if during all the hours of voting on the day of a fire district election he or she will be: Absent from the county of his or her residence; or unable to appear at the polling place because of: Illness, physical disability, duties related to primary care of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because he or she will be or is a patient in a hospital or an inmate or patient of a veteran's administration hospital, or detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial or confined in jailor prison after a conviction for an offense other than a felony, provided that he or she is qualified to vote in the election district of his or her residence;
b and c. Sets forth the requirements regarding the written application for an absentee ballot including the format information required, registered voter statement, and elections for which ballot is requested;
d. Sets forth provisions regarding absentee ballots for those permanently disabled;
e. Sets forth provisions regarding application deadlines;
f. Sets forth provisions regarding absentee ballot deadlines.
Section 2. Sets effective date
Justification
Election law was amended in 2010 simplifying the absentee ballot application for registered voters. The new simplified absentee ballot application needs to be enacted in town law so that the absentee ballot application for fire district elections is the same.
Prior legislative history
This is a new legislation.
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 law.
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