New York S 7231: Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections

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S07231 Summary:

BILL NOS07231 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07138

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SPONSORGIANARIS

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COSPNSRBAILEY, BROUK, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, PARKER, SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-406, El L

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Relates to the time period during which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an application for such ballot is received by the board of elections.

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BILL NOS07231 

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04/04/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7231

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, BAILEY, BROUK, COONEY, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY,
 HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, PARKER, SANDERS -- 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 the time period during
 which absentee ballots shall be mailed or delivered after an applica-
 tion for such ballot is received by the board of elections

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-406 of the election law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part HH of chapter 55 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. If the board shall find that the applicant is a qualified voter of
 5 the election district containing [his] the applicant's residence as
 6 stated in [his] such applicant's statement and that [his] the appli-
 7 cant's statement is sufficient, it shall, as soon as practicable after
 8 it shall have determined [his] the applicant's right thereto, mail to
 9 [him] the applicant at an address designated by [him] the applicant, or
 10 deliver to [him] the applicant, or to any person designated for such
 11 purpose in writing by [him] the applicant, at the office of the board,
 12 such an absentee voter's ballot or set of ballots and an envelope there-
 13 for. Such mailing or delivery at the board of elections shall
 14 occur no later than the forty-sixth day before the day of the election
 15 if the application was received by the board at least sixty days
 16 before the day of the election; and if the application was received by
 17 the board after the sixtieth day before the day of the election,
 18 but no later than the forty-sixth day before the day of the election,
 19 the board shall mail or deliver at the board of elections the absentee
 20 ballot no later than the forty-second day before the day of the
 21 election; and if the application was received by the board after the
 22 forty-sixth day before the day of the election, but no later than the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00813-01-5

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 1 thirtieth day before the day of the election, the board shall mail or
 2 deliver at the board of elections the absentee ballot within four days
 3 of receiving the absentee ballot application; and if the application was
 4 received by the board after the thirtieth day before the day of the
 5 election, but no later than the fifteenth day before the day of the
 6 election, the board shall mail or deliver at the board of elections the
 7 absentee ballot within three days of receiving the absentee ballot
 8 application; and if the application was received by the board after the
 9 fifteenth day before the day of the election but no later than the
 10 seventh day before the day of the election, the board shall mail or
 11 deliver at the board of elections the absentee ballot within two days
 12 of receiving the absentee ballot application; and if the application
 13 was received timely postmarked by mail after the seventh day before the
 14 day of the election, the board shall make every reasonable effort to
 15 mail or deliver at the board of elections the ballot on the day the
 16 application is received; and if the application was delivered in person
 17 after the seventh day before the day of the election and no later than
 18 the day before the election, the boar