STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4423--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar- ifying that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot where their maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the 2 education law, as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the 3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 5 statement: 6 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 8 least eighteen years of age, on the date of the school district 9 election; that I will have been a resident of this state and of the 10 school district and school election district, if any, shown on the 11 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said 12 election and duly registered in the school district and school election 13 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that I 14 am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district; 15 that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said school 16 district election at the polling place of the said district in which I 17 am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on my 18 application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 19 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 20 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 21 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08327-02-5
A. 4423--A 2 1 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 2 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 3 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 4 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I 5 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 6 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 7 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 8 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 9 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or received 10 a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good 11 conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law removing 12 my disability to register and vote or my maximum sentence of imprison- 13 ment has expired. 14 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 15 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 16 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 17 guilty of a misdemeanor. 18 Date.....................Signature of Voter .......................... 19 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 6 of section 2018-b of the education 20 law, as amended by section 9 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 21 2010, is amended to read as follows: 22 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 23 statement: 24 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 25 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at 26 least eighteen years of age on the date of the school district election; 27 that I will have been a resident of this state and of the school 28 district and school election district, if any, shown on the reverse side 29 of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said election and 30 that I am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school 31 district; that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said 32 school district election at the polling place of the said district in 33 which I am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on 34 my application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I 35 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this 36 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive, 37 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom- 38 ised to contribute to another to be paid or used, any money or other 39 valuable thing, as a compensation or reward for the giving or withhold- 40 ing of a vote at this school district election, and have not made any 41 promise to influence the giving or withholding of any such votes; that I 42 have not made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or 43 wager depending upon the result of this school district election; and 44 that I have not been convicted of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if 45 so convicted, that I have been pardoned or restored to all the rights of 46 a citizen, without restriction as to the right of suffrage, or have 47 received a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of 48 good conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law 49 removing my disability to vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment 50 has expired.
A. 4423--A 3 1 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 2 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 3 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 4 guilty of a misdemeanor. 5 Date....................Signature of Voter ........................... 6 § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 84-a of the town law, as 7 amended by section 10 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following 10 statement: 11 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 12 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 13 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 14 the special town election; that I will have been a resident of this 15 state and of the town shown on the reverse side of this envelope for 16 thirty days next preceding the said election; that I am or on such date 17 will be, a registered voter of said town; that I will be unable to 18 appear personally on the day of said special town election at the poll- 19 ing place of the election district in which I am or will be a qualified 20 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 21 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 22 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 23 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 24 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 25 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 26 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 27 special town election, and have not made any promise to influence the 28 giving or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become 29 directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 30 result of this special town election; and that I have not been convicted 31 of bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 32 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 33 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 34 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 35 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 36 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired. 37 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 38 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 39 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 40 guilty of a misdemeanor. 41 Date.............. Signature of Voter.................. 42 § 4. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 175-b of the town law, as 43 amended by section 11 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 44 amended to read as follows: 45 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 46 ing statement: 47 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 48 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 49 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 50 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 51 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 52 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 53 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will be 54 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the
A. 4423--A 4 1 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 2 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 3 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 4 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 5 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 6 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 7 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 8 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 9 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 10 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 11 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 12 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 13 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 14 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 15 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 16 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 17 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 18 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired. 19 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 20 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 21 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 22 guilty of a misdemeanor. 23 Date..............Signature of Voter.................. 24 § 5. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 213-b of the town law, as 25 amended by section 12 of part LL of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is 26 amended to read as follows: 27 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 28 ing statement: 29 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER 30 I do declare that I will have been a citizen of the United States for 31 thirty days, and will be at least eighteen years of age, on the date of 32 the district election; that I will have been a resident of this state 33 and of the district if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope 34 for thirty days next preceding the said election and that I am or on 35 such date will be, a registered voter of said district; that I will be 36 unable to appear personally on the day of said district election at the 37 polling place of the said district in which I am or will be a qualified 38 voter because of the reason stated on my application heretofore submit- 39 ted; that I have not qualified, or do I intend to vote, elsewhere than 40 as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I have not 41 received or offered, do not expect to receive, have not paid, offered or 42 promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to 43 another to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing, as a 44 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding of a vote at this 45 district election, and have not made any promise to influence the giving 46 or withholding of any such votes; that I have not made or become direct- 47 ly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the 48 result of this district election; and that I have not been convicted of 49 bribery or any infamous crime, or, if so convicted, that I have been 50 pardoned or restored to all the rights of a citizen, without restriction 51 as to the right of suffrage, or received a certificate of relief from 52 disabilities or a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twen- 53 ty-three of the correction law removing my disability to register and 54 vote or my maximum sentence of imprisonment has expired.
A. 4423--A 5 1 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 2 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 3 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 4 guilty of a misdemeanor. 5 Date............. Signature of Voter .............................. 6 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.