New York S 7689: Relates to extending the additional one percent sales tax for Wayne county

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S07689 Summary:

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Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.

Go to top S07689 Actions:

BILL NOS07689B

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04/29/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/14/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

05/14/2025PRINT NUMBER 7689A

06/04/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/04/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1550

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

03/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

03/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 7689B

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1315

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to election law

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7689--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections
 in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the election law and the education law, in relation to
 overseas military voters and special federal voters

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 8-400 of the
 2 election law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 (d) The board of elections shall mail an absentee ballot to every
 5 qualified voter otherwise eligible for such a ballot, who requests such
 6 an absentee ballot from such board of elections in writing in a letter,
 7 telefax indicating the address, phone number and the telefax number from
 8 which the writing is sent, or other written instrument, or email, or an
 9 electronic application submitted by the voter through the electronic
 10 absentee ballot application transmittal system established by the state
 11 board of elections, which is signed by the voter and received by the
 12 board of elections not later than the tenth day before the election for
 13 which the ballot is first requested and which states the address where
 14 the voter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to be
 15 mailed[; provided, however, a military voter may request a military
 16 ballot or voter registration application or an absentee ballot applica-
 17 tion in a letter as provided in subdivision three of section 10-106 of
 18 this chapter; and provided further, a special federal voter may request
 19 a special federal ballot or voter registration application or an absen-
 20 tee ballot application in a letter as provided in paragraph d of subdi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11782-07-6

 S. 7689--B 2

 1 vision one of section 11-202 of this chapter. The board of elections
 2 shall enclose with such ballot a form of application for absentee ballot
 3 if the applicant is registered with such board of elections].
 4 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 8-408 of the election law is amended by
 5 adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 6 (e) Military voters and special federal voters shall be able to apply
 7 for military and special federal ballots using the electronic absentee
 8 ballot application transmittal system or any other electronic