New York S 4229: Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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S04229 Summary:

BILL NOS04229 

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Relates to absentee voting in nursing homes and senior citizen residences; requires board of inspectors to deliver and help complete applications for absentee ballots to residents of such facilities.

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BILL NOS04229 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4229

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 absentee voting in
 nursing homes and senior citizen residences

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-407 of the election law, as
 2 added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, is amended and a new subdivi-
 3 sion 10-a is added to read as follows:
 4 5. The board of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors
 5 all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which
 6 are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec-
 7 tors is assigned to attend, together with an additional supply of the
 8 appropriate absentee ballots for the election district in which the
 9 facility is located, absentee ballot envelopes, applications for absen-
 10 tee ballots, one or more portable voting booths of a type approved by
 11 the state board of elections and such other supplies as such board of
 12 inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly.
 13 10-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-402 of this title,
 14 the board of inspectors shall deliver an application for an absentee
 15 ballot to any resident of such facility for whom it does not have an
 16 absentee ballot and who requests such an application. The board of
 17 inspectors shall assist any such resident who requests assistance to
 18 complete such application. Upon receiving a completed application from
 19 any resident who is registered to vote at the facility, the board of
 20 inspectors shall forthwith deliver an absentee ballot and ballot envel-
 21 ope to such voter in the manner prescribed by this section. With
 22 respect to the application of any resident of the facility who is regis-
 23 tered to vote from an election district other than the one in which the
 24 facility is located, the board of inspectors, if it does not have a
 25 supply of the appropriate ballot, shall forthwith obtain the appropriate

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03710-01-5

 S. 4229 2

 1 ballot from the board of elections and deliver such ballot and envelope
 2 to such voter in the manner prescribed by this section.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 4 have become a law.

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