New York S 1576: Includes leaving the scene of an accident within the crimes of aggravated vehicular manslaughter and aggravated vehicular assault when physical injury or death occurs to a person or persons

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S01576 Summary:

BILL NOS01576 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03243

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSROBERACKER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§8-302 & 8-412, El L

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Requires voters voting by affidavit ballot to produce an identification document to verify residency in the election district; requires absentee ballots to be received by election day, or be post-marked by the first day of early voting.

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BILL NOS01576 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1576

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 requirements for affi-
 davit ballots and absentee ballots

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2-b of section 8-302 of the
 2 election law, as amended by section 8 of part XX of chapter 55 of the
 3 laws of 2019 and such subdivision as renumbered by chapter 763 of the
 4 laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 5 (c) [If the voter does not produce an identification document listed
 6 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the voter shall only be entitled
 7 to vote by affidavit ballot unless a court order provides otherwise] A
 8 voter voting by affidavit ballot shall be required to produce an iden-
 9 tification document listed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision. If such
 10 identification document is an identification document listed under
 11 subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, such document
 12 shall have been issued or created not more than one hundred twenty days
 13 prior to the election. If such identification document exists in elec-
 14 tronic form, such voter shall produce a printed copy of such identifica-
 15 tion document.
 16 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section
 17 8-302 of the election law, as separately amended by chapters 479 and 481
 18 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 19 (ii) They may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that they
 20 have duly registered to vote, the address in such election district from
 21 which they registered, that they remain a duly qualified voter in such
 22 election district, that their registration poll record appears to be
 23 lost or misplaced or that their name and/or their signature was omitted
 24 from the computer generated registration list or such record indicates
 25 the voter already voted when they did not do so or that they have moved

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04630-01-5

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 1 within New York state since they last registered, the address from which
 2 they were previously registered and the address at which they currently
 3 reside, and at a primary election, the party in which they are enrolled,
 4 or that such voter is eligible to vote pursuant to section 8-604 of this
 5 article. The inspectors of election shall offer such an affidavit to
 6 each such voter whose residence address is in such election district,
 7 after such voter has produced an identification document pursuant to
 8 paragraph (c) of subdivision two-b of this section. Each such affidavit
 9 shall be in a form prescribed by the state board of elections, shall be
 10 printed on an envelope of the size and quality used for an early mail
 11 ballot envelope, and shall contain an acknowledgment that the affiant
 12 understands that any false statement made therein is perjury punishable
 13 according to law. Such form prescribed by the state board of elections
 14 shall request information required to register such voter should the
 15 county board determine that such voter is not yet registered and shall
 16 constitute an application to register to vote. The voter's name and the
 17 entries required shall then be entered without dela