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A06719 Summary:

BILL NOA06719 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRBenedetto

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§8-400, 8-410 & 11-203, El L

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Relates to an electronically submitted absentee ballot application and absentee ballot.

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BILL NOA06719 

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03/11/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6719

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing electronic
 absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot submissions

 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 be delivered to the
 5 voter or an agent by mail or through the electronic absentee ballot
 6 application transmittal system must be received by the board of
 7 elections not later than the tenth day before the election for which a
 8 ballot is first requested. Applications for an absentee ballot that will
 9 be delivered in person at the board of elections to the voter or to an
 10 agent of the voter must be received by such board not later than the day
 11 before such election. In addition to postal or personal delivery of the
 12 application to the board of elections, the board of elections shall
 13 accept delivery of absentee ballot applications from persons residing in
 14 a country other than the United States while maintaining eligibility to
 15 vote in elections in New York: (i) by telephone facsimile transmission
 16 to a phone number which shall be designated by the board of elections;
 17 (ii) as an attachment to an electronic mail transmission sent to an
 18 electronic mail address which shall be designated by the board of
 19 elections; and (iii) through an online electronic absentee ballot appli-
 20 cation filing system which shall be established by the state board of
 21 elections and which shall transmit each application to the appropriate
 22 board of elections for processing. The website for each board of
 23 elections shall advertise the electronic mail address and telephone
 24 facsimile number required by this section and shall provide a link to
 25 the online electronic filing system established pursuant to this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06295-01-5

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 1 section. An application delivered to the board of elections by electron-
 2 ic means shall be an original application without necessity for a subse-
 3 quent conforming paper submission and shall be deemed filed when
 4 received by the board of elections, except if received by electronic
 5 means after business hours or extended hours as designated by this chap-
 6 ter, such application shall be deemed received as of the next day on
 7 which the board is open to receive absentee ballot applications. Noth-
 8 ing in this section shall be construed to prevent the application of the
 9 electronic signature provisions of the state technology law with respect
 10 to applications for an absentee ballot.
 11 § 2. Section 8-410 of the election law, as amended by chapter 500 of
 12 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 13 § 8-410. Absentee voting; method of. 1. Marking of the ballot. The
 14 absentee voter shall mark an absentee ballot as provided for paper
 15 ballots or ballots prepared for counting by ballot counting machines.
 16 [He or she] Such voter shall make no mark or writing whatsoever upon the
 17 ballot, except as above prescribed, and shall see that it bears no such
 18 mark or writing. [He or she] Such voter shall make no mark or writing
 19 whatsoever on the outside of the ballot. In cases where the express
 20 intent