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A00778 Summary:

BILL NOA00778
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00871, SAME AS S01049
 
SPONSORVanel (MS)
 
COSPNSRLavine, Heastie, Cusick, Lupardo, Gottfried, Paulin, Aubry, Simotas, Galef, Lifton, Abinanti, Zebrowski, Colton, Carroll, Weprin, Barnwell, Seawright, Ramos, Simon, Otis, Glick, Schimminger, Dinowitz, Jones, Buchwald, Rosenthal L, Wallace, Englebright, Jaffee, Hyndman, Burke, Cruz, Eichenstein, Epstein, Fall, Griffin, Jacobson, McMahon, Darling, Reyes, Romeo, Weinstein, Blake, DenDekker, Frontus, Taylor, Gantt, Lentol, Rosenthal D, Stern, De La Rosa, D'Urso, Buttenschon, Dickens, Hunter, Rozic, Kim, Bichotte
 
MLTSPNSRBronson, Nolan, Perry, Sayegh, Thiele
 
Amd Art 2 §2, Constn
 
Authorizes ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting.
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A00778 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           778
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. VANEL, LAVINE, HEASTIE, CUSICK, LUPARDO, GOTT-
          FRIED, PAULIN, AUBRY, SIMOTAS,  GALEF,  LIFTON,  ABINANTI,  ZEBROWSKI,
          COLTON,  CARROLL,  WEPRIN,  BARNWELL,  SEAWRIGHT,  RAMOS, SIMON, OTIS,
          GLICK, SCHIMMINGER, DINOWITZ, JONES, BUCHWALD, L. ROSENTHAL,  WALLACE,
          ENGLEBRIGHT, JAFFEE, HYNDMAN, BURKE, CRUZ, EICHENSTEIN, EPSTEIN, FALL,
          GRIFFIN,  JACOBSON, McMAHON, RAYNOR, REYES, ROMEO, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON,  PERRY,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
        proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation  to authorizing ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee
          ballot voting
 
     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 2 of  article
     2  2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    §  2.  The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which,
     4  and the time and place at which, qualified voters [who,  on  the  occur-
     5  rence  of any election, may be absent from the county of their residence
     6  or, if residents of the city of New York, from the city,  and  qualified
     7  voters  who,  on the occurrence of any election, may be unable to appear
     8  personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disabili-
     9  ty,] may vote and for the return and  canvass  of  their  votes  in  any
    10  election.
    11    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    12  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    13  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    14  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    15  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89004-01-9
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