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S01644 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1644 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2021 ___________ 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 § 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immediately and shall expire January 12 1, 2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 13 repealed.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