Relates to absentee voting by residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; provides that inspectors of the board of elections shall not physically deliver ballots to residents of such facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1644
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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 absentee voting by
residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 8-407 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
3 16. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contra-
4 ry, inspectors of the board shall not attend and/or visit facilities
5 covered under this section, and shall not physically deliver ballots to
6 residents of such facilities in-person for primary elections or
7 elections held on or prior to December first, two thousand twenty-one.
8 Boards of elections shall mail or deliver absentee ballots to voters
9 residing in such facilities in the same manner as absentee ballots are
10 delivered to other absentee voters pursuant to this title.
11 ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire January
12 1, 2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
13 repealed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08507-02-1