New York S 5570: Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application

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S05570 Summary:

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Amd §§8-400, 10-107 & 11-203, El L

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Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application.

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5570

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 authorizing electronic
 absentee ballot applications

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) 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 (c) All applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail or through
 5 the electronic absentee ballot application transmittal system must be
 6 received by the board of elections not later than the tenth day before
 7 the election for which a ballot is first requested. Applications for an
 8 absentee ballot that will be delivered in person at the board of
 9 elections to the voter or to an agent of the voter must be received by
 10 such board not later than the day before such election. In addition to
 11 postal or personal delivery of the application to the board of
 12 elections, the board of elections shall accept delivery of absentee
 13 ballot applications: (i) by telephone facsimile transmission to a phone
 14 number which shall be designated by the board of elections; (ii) as an
 15 attachment to an electronic mail transmission sent to an electronic mail
 16 address which shall be designated by the board of elections; and (iii)
 17 through an online electronic absentee ballot application filing system
 18 which shall be established by the state board of elections and which
 19 shall transmit each application to the appropriate board of elections
 20 for processing. The website for each board of elections shall advertise
 21 the email address and telephone facsimile number required by this
 22 section and shall provide a link to the online electronic filing system
 23 established pursuant to this section. An application delivered to the
 24 board of elections by electronic means shall be an original application
 25 without necessity for a subsequent conforming paper submission and shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10237-01-5

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 1 be deemed filed when received by the board of elections, except if
 2 received by electronic means after business hours or extended hours as
 3 designated by this chapter, such application shall be deemed received as
 4 of the next day on which the board is open to receive absentee ballot
 5 applications. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
 6 application of the electronic signature provisions of the state technol-
 7 ogy law with respect to applications for an absentee ballot.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 10-107 of the election law, as added by
 9 chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 10 2. Irrespective of the preferred method of transmission designated by
 11 a military voter, a military voter's original completed voter registra-
 12 tion application[, military ballot application] and military ballot must
 13 be returned by mail or in person notwithstanding that a prior copy was
 14 sent to the board of elections by facsimile transmission or electronic
 15 mail. A completed military ballot application submitted by facsimile
 16 transmission or electronic mail or through an electronic filing system
 17 established by the state board of elections shall be an original appli-
 18 cation and no conforming paper submission shall be required.
 19 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 11-203 of the election law, as added by
 20