New York S 4074: Requires counting affidavit ballots of eligible voters if a voter appears at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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4074
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 2, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to counting of affidavit
ballots
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
2 section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by chapter 308 of the laws
3 of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) If the board of elections determines that a person was entitled
5 to vote at such election, the board shall cast and canvass such ballot
6 if such board finds that the voter appeared at [ ] pollingthe correct a
7 place , regardless of the fact that the voter mayin the correct county
8 have appeared in the incorrect election district.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09264-01-7