New York S 3791: Authorizes the division of the lottery to sell advertising space on lottery tickets

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S03791 Summary:

BILL NOS03791A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04423-B

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L

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Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.

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BILL NOS03791A

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

11/05/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

11/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 3791A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3791--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar-
 ifying that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot if
 they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 5 statement:

 6 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER

 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at
 8 least eighteen years of age, on the date of the school district
 9 election; that I will have been a resident of this state and of the
 10 school district and school election district, if any, shown on the
 11 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said
 12 election and duly registered in the school district and school election
 13 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that I
 14 am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district;
 15 that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said school
 16 district election at the polling place of the said district in which I
 17 am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on my
 18 application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I
 19 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this
 20 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08327-05-5

 S. 3791--A 2

 1 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom-
 2 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other
 3 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold-
 4 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any
 5 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I
 6 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or
 7 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and
 8 that I [have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if
 9 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of
 10 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or received
 11 a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good
 12 conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law removing
 13 my disability to register and vote] am not currently incarcerated for a
 14 felony conviction.
 15 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 16 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material
 17 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be
 18 guilty of a misdemeanor.

 19 Date.....................Signature of Voter ..........................

 20 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 2018-b of the education
 21 law, as amended by secti