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NY State Senate Bill S6452A
senate Bill S6452A
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Jan 27, 2016 print number 6452a
Jan 27, 2016 amend (t) and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
Jan 13, 2016 referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
S6452 - Details
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BILL NUMBER:  S6452
timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas;
to amend the public officers law, in relation to filling vacancies in
elective offices; to amend the election law, in relation to date of
primary elections; and to amend chapter 87 of the laws of 2015
relating to the conducting of the presidential primary, in relation to
ensure that New York State's election law complies with the federal
Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act.
that all certificates and petitions of designation, certificates of
acceptance or declination of such designations, certificates of
authorization for such designations, certificates of disqualification,
certificates of substitution for such designations and objections and
specifications of objections to such certificates and petitions
required to be filed with the state board of elections or a board of
elections outside of the City of New York shall be deemed. timely
filed and accepted for filing if sent by mail or overnight delivery
service and received no later than two business days after the last
day to file such certificates, petitions, objections or
specifications. Failure of the post office or person to deliver such
petition, certificate, or objection shall be a fatal defect.
Section 2 of the bill amends § 4-104)1) of the election law to specify
that polling places must be designated by March 15th each year which
is a month and a half earlier than the current May 1st deadline.
February 1 in each year as the deadline for the SBOE to transmit to
each county a certificate stating each state and federal office to be
voted upon in each general election. Section 3 further sets February 1
as the date that county boards of election must transmit a certificate
containing complimentary information for local offices to the SBOE.
Section 4 of the bill amends § 4-108(1)it) of the election law to
provide that the certified text of any proposal, proposition, or
referendum that is to be submitted to a vote of the people of a
county, city, town, village, or special district at an election to be
conducted by the board of elections shall be submitted to such board
by the clerk of such political subdivision 3 months prior to the
election at which such proposal is to be voted upon.
Section 5 of the bill amends § 4-110 of the election law to provide
that the state board of elections shall certify to each county board
of elections 55 days before a primary election the name, residence,
title of office, name of party, and ballot order of each candidate to
he voted for, within such county, who have filed a designation with
of elections 55 days before a general election the name and residence
of each candidate nominated via certificate filed with the state board
or primary election canvassed by the stare board, the title of office,
name of party, the party emblem, as well as a notation as to whether
any litigation is pending.
Section 7 of the bill amends § 4-114 of the election law to provide
that county boards of election shall determine the candidates duly
nominated for public office and the questions that shall appear on the
ballot within the jurisdiction of that board of election not later
than 54 days before a primary or general election.
that a "mail check card" be mailed by the local board of elections not
less than sixty-five days nor more than seventy days before the
primary election each year to notify active registered voters of the
days and hours of primary and general elections, polling places, other
information informing voters of residency issues regarding voting,
information regarding the accessibility of polling places, and other
information useful to voters interested in participating in election
Section 10 of the bill amends § 5-708(5) of the election law to
specify that at least once each year during the month of February,
each board of elections shall obtain through the National Change of
Address system, the forwarding address for every voter registered with
such board of elections and the names of those voters who have moved
and not left a forwarding address with the USPS.
Section 11 of the bill amends § 6-108(1) of the election law to remove
a reference to a "fall" primary and replaces it with a reference to
"the primary."
Section 12 of the bill. amends § 6-147(1) and (2) of the election law
to provide that duly acknowledged certificates relating to grouping of
self-assignation of an election district by or running alone in
multiple election districts shall be filed with the board of elections
not later than the tenth Tuesday preceding the primary election.
Section 13 of the hill amends § 6-158(1), (4-6), (9), (11&12) and (14)
of the election law to provide that:
*Designating petitions be filed between the thirteenth Monday and the
twelfth Thursday preceding a primary election.
*Opportunity to ballot petitions shall be filed not later than the
eleventh Thursday preceding the primary election. Except in the case
of a substitution of a designated person, that an opportunity to
ballot petition may be filed not later than the tenth Thursday
*A judicial district convention shall be held not earlier than the
Thursday following the first Monday in August preceding the general
election and not later than six days thereafter.
*A certificate of a party nomination made other than at the primary
election for an office to be filled at the time of a general election
shall be filed riot later than 30 days after the primary, except that
a certificate of nomination for an office which becomes vacant after
the seventh day preceding such primary election shall be filed not
later than 30 days after the primary election or 10 days after the
creation of the vacancy whichever is later. *Certificates of party
nomination of candidates for elector of president and vice-president
of the United States shall be filed not later than 76 days after the
*A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled
at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than 24
weeks and not later than 23 weeks preceding such election.
*Certificates of acceptance or declination of an independent
nomination for an office to be filled at the general election shall be
filed not later than the third day after the twenty-third Tuesday
preceding such election.
*A certificate to fill a vacancy caused by a declination of an
general election shall be filed not later than the sixth day after the
twenty-third Tuesday preceding such election.
*A vacancy occurring three months before general election in any year
in any office authorized to be filled at a general election, except in
the officers of governor, lieutenant-governor, or United States
senator shall be filled at the general election held next thereafter,
Section 14 of the bill amends § 8-100(1) of the election law to
provide that a primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in
June before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act
of the legislature. This section also makes it clear that all
nominations for public office required to be made at a primary
election in such year shall be made at such primary and that all
members of state and local party committees as well as other party
offices shall be elected at such primary.
Section 15 of the bill amends § 10-108(1) of the election law to
provide That ballots for military voters shall be mailed or
distributed not later than 46 days before a primary or general
Section 16 of the bill amends subdivision 4 of § 11-204, to require
special federal ballots be mailed not later than 46 days before a
primary, general, special or presidential primary election.
Section 1? of the bill amends subdivision 4 of section 16-102 to add
resolution of any appeals to the requirement that a final order be
entered in any proceeding involving the names of candidates on ballots
or voting machines shall be made, if possible, at least five weeks
before the day of the election in which such ballots or machines are
Section 18 of the bill amends § 16-104(3) and (4) of the election law
to provide that proceedings as to the wording of the abstract or form
of submissions of any proposed amendment, proposition, or question may
be contested in a proceeding instituted by any personal eligible to
vote on such amendment, proposition, or question within seven days
after the last day to certify the wording of any such abstract or form
of submission. Further this section specifies that a final order,
including the resolution of any appeals, in any proceeding involving
the contents of official ballots on voting machines shall be made, if
possible, at least five weeks before the day if the election at which
such voting machines are to be used, or if such proceeding is
commenced within five weeks of an election, no later than the day
following the day on which the case is heard.
Section 19 of the bill amends § 42(1) and (4) of the public officers
law to provide that a vacancy occurring three months before general
election in any year in any office authorized to be filled at a
general election, except in the officers of governor,
lieutenant-governor shall be filled at the general election held next
previously filled at a special election. This three-month cut-off date
is also inserted into the appropriate parts of subdivision two of
section 42 of the Public Officer's Law.
Sections 20 and 21 of the bill is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION :  In 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the
Military Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. The MOVE Act was an
amendment that expanded the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986. UOCAVA required states and territories to
allow members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and merchant marine,
their family members, and U.S. citizens residing outside the United
States to register and vote absentee in elections for federal offices.
The MOVE Act was designed to provide greater protections of the voting
rights of military personnel, their families, and other overseas
citizens. Among other provisions, the MOVE Act requires states to
transmit validly-requested absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters no later
than 45 days before a federal election, when the request has been
received by that date, except where the state has been granted an
undue hardship waiver approved by the Department of Defense for that
election. New York State was granted such a waiver in 2010.
codified in the MOVE Act. In addition, the overall structure of the
deadlines and due dates in New York State election law mean that that
changing the time-frame in which military and overseas ballots must be
mailed necessitates various changes to numerous interdependent
U.S. District Court Gary Sharpe (N.D.N.Y.) has, by and through the
case of The United States of America v. State of New York The United
States of America v. State of New York, already set the date for the
federal, non-presidential primary for the fourth Tuesday in June for
The benefits of merging the federal non-presidential and state
primaries are threefold: such a merger will ensure that military
personnel and New Yorkers living abroad an opportunity to vote, it
will prevent. New Yorkers from having to go out and vote in three
separate primaries in 2016, and it also will save New York State
upwards of approximately $52,000,000.
New York State's primary was held in June until 1974 when it was
changed to its current date of the first Tuesday after the second
FISCAL IMPLICATION : None
EFFECTIVE DATE :  This bill shall take effect immediately.
S6452 - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  Sens.  STEWART-COUSINS, LATIMER, ADDABBO, COMRIE, DILAN,
GIANARIS, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PERSAUD, SQUADRON, STAVISKY -- read  twice
to  amend chapter 87 of the laws of 2015 relating to the conducting of
the presidential primary, in relation  to  making  certain  provisions
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OUTSIDE  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE
TIONS  SHALL  BE  A FATAL DEFECT. EXCEPTED FURTHER that all certificates
and petitions of designation or nomination, certificates  of  acceptance
or  declination  of  such  designations and nominations, certificates of
substitution for such designations or  nominations  and  objections  and
to  be filed with the board of elections of the city of New York must be
actually received by such city board of elections on or before the  last
day  to file any such petition, certificate or objection and such office
shall be open for  the  receipt  of  such  petitions,  certificates  and
objections  until  midnight  on  the last day to file any such petition,
city board of elections on or before such last  day  shall  be  a  fatal
so designated. If, within the discretion of the  board  of  elections  a
particular  polling  place  so  designated  is  subsequently found to be
unsuitable or unsafe or should circumstances arise that  make  a  desig-
empowered  to  select  an  alternative meeting place. In the city of New
York, the board of elections shall designate  such  polling  places  and
alternate  registration  places  if the polling place cannot be used for
vision 2 as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1990, are  amended  to
1.  The  state board of elections shall, [at least eight months before
each] BY FEBRUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR OF EACH general election,  make  and
each  office,  except county, city, village and town offices to be voted
S 7. Section 4-114 of the election law, as amended by  chapter  87  of
election,  shall  determine  the  candidates  duly  nominated for public
office and the questions that shall appear  on  the  ballot  within  the
tration and polling places, the phone number to call  to  indicate  that
the  voter is willing to serve on election day as an election inspector,
mation concerning  the  elections  or  registration  as  the  board  may
dent  of  the United States shall be filed not later than [sixty] SEVEN-
TY-SIX days [before the two thousand sixteen  general]  AFTER  THE  FALL
PRIMARY  election,  and  (D)  except still further that a certificate of
the convention. A certificate of party nomination for an  office  to  be
filled  at  a  special  election  shall be filed not later than ten days
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before the election for which the ballot is requested and  which  states
the  address  where the voter is registered and the address to which the
ballot is to be mailed. The board of elections shall enclose  with  such
ballot  a  form  of  application  for  military ballot. In the case of a
primary election, the board shall deliver only the ballot of  the  party
with  which  the  military  voter  is enrolled according to the military
voter's registration records. In the event a primary election is  uncon-
tested  in  the  military  voter's  election district for all offices or
county committee, no ballot shall be delivered to  such  military  voter
S 17. Subdivision 4 of section 16-102 of the election law, as added by
proceeding involving the  names  of  candidates  on  ballots  or  voting
machines  shall be made, if possible, at least five weeks before the day
or if such proceeding is commenced within five weeks of  such  election,
S  18.  Subdivisions  3  and  4 of section 16-104 of the election law,
subdivision 3 as added by chapter 136 of the laws of 1978  and  subdivi-
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sion  4  as  amended  by chapter 117 of the laws of 1985, are amended to
S  19.  Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 42 of the public officers law,
S 20. Section 13 of chapter 87 of the laws of 2015,  relating  to  the
conducting of the presidential primary, is amended to read as follows:
S  13.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, if
this act shall become law after July 1, 2015, it shall take effect imme-
after July 1, 2015; provided further that sections  six,  seven,  eight,
nine,  ten  and  eleven of this act shall take effect December 15, 2015;
and provided further, THAT SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR AND ELEVEN OF  this
act shall expire December 31, 2016 when upon such date the provisions of
[this act] SUCH SECTIONS shall be deemed repealed.
S 21. This act shall take effect immediately.
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S6452A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:  S6452A
ballots to military voters stationed overseas and in relation to date
of primary elections; and to amend the public officers law, in
elections outside of the City of New York shall be deemed timely filed
and accepted for filing if sent by mail or overnight delivery service
(allowed by subdivision 3 of this section) in an envelope postmarked
or showing receipt by the overnight delivery service prior to midnight
of the last day of filing, and received no later than two business
days after the last day to file such certificates, petitions,
objections or specifications.
Section 2 of the bill amends § 3-420(1) of the election law to
increase the compensation for election inspectors to $250 and for
election coordinators to $350 in New York City.
Section 3 of the bill amends § 4-104(1) of the election law to specify
Section 4 of the bill amends § 4-106(1)&(2) of the election law to set
voted upon in such general election. Section 3 further sets February 1
Section 5 of the bill amends § 4-108(1)(b) of the election law to
by the clerk of such political subdivision three months prior to the
general election at which such proposal is to be voted upon.
Section 6 of the bill amends § 4-110 of the election law to provide
of elections 55 days before a primary election or presidential primary
the name, residence, title of office, name of party, and ballot order
of each candidate to be voted for, within such county, who have filed
a designation with the state board of elections.
Section 6-a of the bill amends § 4-110 of the election law's reverter
clause to preserve the section 5 changes for when then current version
of the section expires.
Section 7 of the bill amends § 4-112(1) of the election law to provide
or primary election canvassed by the state board, the title of office,
Section 8 of the bill amends § 4-114 of the election law to provide
Section 8-a of the bill amends § 4-114 of the election law's reverter
clause to preserve the section 7 changes for when then current version
Section 9 of the bill amends § 4-117(1) of the election law to provide
between 65 and 70 days before a primary election to notify active
registered voters of the days and hours of primary and general
elections, polling places, other information informing voters of
residency issues regarding voting, information regarding the
accessibility of polling places, and other information useful to
voters interested in participating on election day.
Section 10 of the bill amends § 5-604(1) of the election law to
provide that local boards of election shall publish updated enrollment
lists before February 1 each year.
Section 11 of the bill amends § 5-708(5) of the election law to
specify that at least once a year during the month of February, each
board of elections shall obtain through the National Change of Address
system, the forwarding address for every voter registered with such
board of elections and the names of those voters who have moved and
did not leave a forwarding address with the USPS.
Section 12 of the bill amends § 6-108(1) of the election law to remove
Section 13 of the bill amends § 6-147(1) and (2) of the election law
Section 14 of the bill amends § 6-158 of the election law to provide
*In subdivision (1), designating petitions be filed between the
thirteenth Monday and the twelfth Thursday preceding a primary
*In subdivision (4), opportunity to ballot petitions shall be filed
not later than the eleventh Thursday preceding the primary election.
Except in the case of a substitution of a designated person, that an
opportunity to ballot petition may be filed not later than the tenth
Thursday preceding such primary.
earlier than ten days following the state constitutional deadline for
the vacancy in the office of the supreme court to occur and still be
filled at the next general election, and not later than six days after
the earliest date to hold such convention.
* In subdivision (6), a certificate of a party nomination made other
than at the primary election for an office to be filled at the time of
a general election shall be filed not later than 30 days after the
primary, except that a certificate of nomination for an office which
after the creation of such vacancy, whichever is later.
*In subdivision (9), a petition for an independent nomination for an
office to be filled at the time of a general election shall be filed
not earlier than 23 weeks and not later than 22 weeks preceding such
election shall be filed not later than the third day after the
twenty-second Tuesday preceding such election.
*In subdivision (12), a certificate to fill a vacancy caused by a
declination of an independent nomination for an office to be filled at
the time of a general election shall be filed not later than the sixth
day after the twenty-second Tuesday preceding such election.
*In subdivision (14), a vacancy occurring three months before the
general election in any year in any office authorized to be filled at
a general election, except in the officers of governor,
lieutenant-governor, or United States senator shall be filled at the
general election held next thereafter, unless otherwise provided by
the constitution, or unless previously filled at a special election.
Section 14-a of the bill amends § 6-158(6) of the election law's
reverter clause to preserve the section 13 changes for when then
current version of the subdivision expires.
Section 15 of the bill amends § 8-100(1) of the election law to
Section 15-a of the bill amends § 8-100 of the election law's reverter
clause to preserve the section 14 changes for when then current
version of the subdivision expires.
Section 16 of the bill amends § 10-108(1)(a) of the election law to
Section 16-a of the bill amends § 10-108(1)(a) of the election law's
reverter clause to preserve the section 15 changes for when then
Section 17 of the bill amends § 11-204(4) of the election law to
provide that ballots for overseas voters are sent out 46 days before a
Section 17-a of the bill amends § 11-204(4) of the election law's
reverter clause to preserve the section 16 changes for when then
current version of the section expires.
Section 18 of the bill amends § 42(1) and (4) of the public officers
This three-month cut-off date is also inserted into the appropriate
parts of subdivision four of section 42 of the Public Officer's Law.
expanded the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA) of 1986. UOCAVA required states and territories to allow
members of the U.S. Uniformed Services and merchant marine, their
family members, and U.S. citizens residing outside the United States
to register and vote absentee in elections for federal offices.
case of The United States of America v. State of New York, already set
the date for the federal, non-presidential primary for the fourth
Tuesday in June for 2016.
will prevent New Yorkers from having to go out and vote in three
approximately $25,000,000.
2014: A.8198 (Silver)- Passed the Assembly.
2014: S.6204 2/28/14 Notice for committee consideration filed 5/5/14
2013: S6204 (Stewart-Cousins)/A8198 (Silver) Referred to Elections
$52 million in even numbered years. Said fiscal analysis is based on
every county having both local and congressional primary elections in
an even numbered year. There are no costs to the state.
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S 8. Section 4-114 of the election law, as amended by  chapter  87  of
S  8-a.  Section 4-114 of the election law, as amended by chapter 4 of
or the fifty-third day before a special election,  shall  determine  the
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S  10.  Subdivision 1 of section 5-604 of the election law, as amended
S 11. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 5-708  of  the  election
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S  16-a.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  of section 10-108 of the
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S  18.  Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 42 of the public officers law,
(a) the amendments to section  4-110  of  the  election  law  made  by
of  such  section  pursuant  to  section 13 of chapter 87 of the laws of
section  eight of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
2015, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section  eight-a
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