New York S 6995: Relates to voting by mail and early voting

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S06995 Summary:

BILL NOS06995 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08310

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRCOMRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd El L, generally; amd §§2018-a, 2018-b, 2018-e & 2018-f, Ed L; amd §§84-a & 84-b, Town L

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Amends early voting provisions; provides that an application for an absentee ballot that does not provide a reason that the applicant is entitled to such a ballot shall be processed as an application for an early mail ballot.

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BILL NOS06995 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.962

05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6995

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, the education law and the town law, in
 relation to voting by mail

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3, 6 and 8 of section 7-119 of the election
 2 law, as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. There shall be three envelopes for each early mail ballot issued by
 5 mail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places their
 6 voted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the early
 7 mail voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the county
 8 board of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with each early
 9 mail ballot an inner affirmation envelope. On one side of the envelope
 10 shall be printed:
 11 OFFICIAL [EARLY MAIL] BALLOT
 12 for
 13 GENERAL (OR PRIMARY OR SPECIAL) ELECTION,

 14 ..........., 20.......

 15 Name of voter ..................
 16 Residence (street and number if any) ..............
 17 City/or town of (village, if any) .................
 18 County of ...............................

 19 Assembly District ......................
 20 Legislative District (as applicable) ..........
 21 Ward (as applicable) .....................
 22 Election District ....................

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11360-02-5

 S. 6995 2

 1 Party Enrollment (in case of primary election) ....................

 2 6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be
 3 printed the following statement:

 4 AFFIRMATION

 5 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly
 6 registered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this
 7 envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that the informa-
 8 tion contained on my application for this ballot is true and correct;
 9 that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote elsewhere, that I have
 10 not committed any act nor am I under any impediment which denies me the
 11 right to vote.
 12 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 13 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 14 false statement in the foregoing [statement of early mail voter] affir-
 15 mation, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

 16 Date ............... 20 ................

 17 ..........................
 18 Signature or mark of voter

 19 ..........................
 20 Signature of Witness
 21 (required only if voter
 22 does not sign
 23 their own name)

 24 ..........................
 25 Address of Witness

 26 8. Each inner affirmation ballot envelope shall be enclosed in an
 27 outer envelope addressed to the appropriate board of elections and bear-
 28 ing on it a specific direction that if an original application for an
 29 early mail or absentee ballot is received with the ballot, such applica-
 30 tion must be completed by the voter and returned in the outer envelope
 31 together with the sealed inner affirmation envelope containi