 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3135
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  ballots  for  absentee
          voters
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1  of  section  7-122  of  the
     2  election  law, as amended by chapter 234 of the laws of 1976, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (a) Ballots for absentee voters shall be, as nearly as practicable, in
     5  the same form as those to be voted in the district on election  day,  if
     6  any,  except  [that  ballots  for primary elections shall omit the party
     7  position of ward, town, city or county  committee  and  except  further]
     8  that such ballots need not have a stub, and shall have the words "Absen-
     9  tee Ballot", endorsed thereon.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08901-01-9
Relates to ballots for absentee voters

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