New York S 8644: Relates to the state board of elections creating uniform ballots for early mail, absentee, military and special voters who vote by mail; repealer

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S08644 Summary:

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Amd §§7-119, 7-122, 7-123, 7-124 & 7-125, add §§7-132 & 8-318, rpld §§8-408 & 8-706, El L; amd §1057-hh, NYC
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Relates to the state board of elections creating uniform ballots for early mail, absentee, military and special voters who vote by mail; creates an electronic mail ballot application transmittal system; repeals certain provisions of the election law.

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8644

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law and the New York city charter, in
 relation to the state board of elections creating uniform ballots for
 early mail, absentee, military and special voters who vote by mail;
 and to repeal certain provisions of the election law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, subdivision 3 and subdivi-
 2 sion 6 of section 7-119 of the election law, as added by chapter 481 of
 3 the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) Ballots for early mail voters shall be, as nearly as practicable,
 5 in the same form as those to be voted in the district on election day,
 6 except that such ballots need not have a stub[, and shall have the words
 7 "Early Mail Ballot", endorsed thereon].
 8 3. There shall be three envelopes for each early mail ballot issued by
 9 mail: the inner affirmation envelope into which a voter places their
 10 voted ballot, the outer envelope which shall be addressed to the early
 11 mail voter, and the mailing envelope which is addressed to the county
 12 board of elections. The board of elections shall furnish with each early
 13 mail ballot an inner affirmation envelope in accordance with section
 14 7-132 of this title. [On one side of the envelope shall be printed:
 15 OFFICIAL EARLY MAIL BALLOT
 16 for
 17 GENERAL (OR PRIMARY OR SPECIAL) ELECTION,

 18 ..........., 20.......

 19 Name of voter ..................
 20 Residence (street and number if any) ..............
 21 City/or town of (village, if any) .................
 22 County of ...............................

 23 Assembly District ......................

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14122-01-5

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 1 Legislative District (as applicable) ..........
 2 Ward (as applicable) .....................
 3 Election District ....................
 4 Party Enrollment (in case of primary election) ....................]

 5 6. [On the] The reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall
 6 be [printed the following statement:

 7 AFFIRMATION

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

 17 Date ............... 20 ................

 18 ..........................
 19 Signature or mark of voter

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

 25 ..........................
 26 Address of Witness]
 27 in accordance with section 7-132 of this title.

 28 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, subdivision 3 and subdivision 6
 29 of section 7-122 of the election law, paragraph (a) of subdivisi