New York A 9626: Relates to absentee ballot drop boxes

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A09626 Summary:

BILL NOA09626A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll P

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COSPNSRBurdick, Rosenthal, Hyndman, McMahon, Schiavoni, Simone, Walker

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-416, El L

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Requires a board of elections to establish at least one ballot drop-off location in its jurisdiction; requires the ballot drop boxes to be placed 45 days before the election.

Go to top A09626 Actions:

BILL NOA09626A

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01/21/2026referred to election law

03/26/2026amend and recommit to election law

03/26/2026print number 9626a

03/31/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA09626 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW Chair:Walker 
DATE:03/31/2026AYE/NAY:10/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means WalkerAyeSlaterNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

Carroll RCAyeMikulinNay

TaylorExcusedTagueNay

JacobsonAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

GallagherAye

RiveraAye

Chandler-WatermAye

WiederAye

Carroll P Aye

SimoneAye

Go to topA09626 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09626 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9626--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. P. CARROLL, BURDICK, ROSENTHAL, HYNDMAN, McMAHON,
 SCHIAVONI, SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee ballot drop
 boxes

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-416 of the election law, as
 2 amended by chapter 109 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 2. (a) Each board of elections is hereby [authorized] required to
 5 establish at least one [or more] ballot drop-off [locations] location as
 6 an additional means for the delivery of absentee or early voting ballots
 7 marked by a voter to the board of elections of the county or city of the
 8 voter's residence. Each such board of elections shall provide notice of
 9 the location of every such ballot drop-off location by posting such
 10 information on its website no later than the day the ballot drop-off
 11 location is established. Nothing in this section shall preclude each
 12 board of elections from establishing in its discretion additional ballot
 13 drop-off locations as it deems necessary.
 14 (b) In the discretion of the board of elections, ballot drop boxes may
 15 be placed at public facilities including, but not limited to, town
 16 halls, village halls, libraries, and/or county clerks offices. The
 17 ballot drop boxes shall be established at least forty-five days before
 18 the relevant election.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 20 have become a law and shall apply to elections conducted on and after
 21 such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
 22 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 23 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 24 completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14383-03-6

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