Bill Text: NY S05183 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05183 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S05183-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5183 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, BAILEY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, SEPULVEDA -- 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 including a statement on the envelopes of ballots for absentee voters and special presiden- tial voters for signature affirmation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 7-122 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 6. On the reverse side of such inner affirmation envelope shall be 5 printed the following statement: 6 AFFIRMATION 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, that I am duly 8 registered in the election district shown on the reverse side of this 9 envelope and I am qualified to vote in such district; that I will be 10 unable to appear personally on the day of the election for which this 11 ballot is voted at the polling place of the election district in which I 12 am a qualified voter because of the reason given on my application here- 13 tofore submitted; that I have not qualified nor do I intend to vote 14 elsewhere, that I have not committed any act nor am I under any imped- 15 iment which denies me the right to vote. 16 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 17 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 18 false statement in the foregoing statement of absentee voter, I shall be 19 guilty of a misdemeanor. 20 Date.................20..... ..................................... 21 Signature or mark of voter EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00491-02-5S. 5183 2 1 ..................................... 2 Signature of Witness (required only 3 if voter does not sign [his or her] 4 their own name) 5 ..................................... 6 Address of Witness 7 IMPORTANT TO ABSENTEE VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION ON THIS 8 ENVELOPE. 9 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 7-125 of the election law, as amended by 10 chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 11 3. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the follow- 12 ing statement: 13 STATEMENT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER 14 I do declare I am a qualified special presidential voter of said 15 district; that I am not qualified and am not able to qualify to vote 16 elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this envelope; that I 17 am a citizen of the United States; that on the date of the election for 18 which this ballot is voted, I will be at least eighteen years of age; 19 and that I have not committed any act, nor am I under any impediment, 20 which denies me the right to vote. 21 I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of 22 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I make any material 23 false statement in the foregoing statement, I shall be guilty of a 24 misdemeanor. 25 Date.................20..... ..................................... 26 Signature or mark of voter 27 ..................................... 28 Signature of Witness (required only 29 if voter does not sign [his or her] 30 their own name) 31 ..................................... 32 Address of Witness 33 IMPORTANT TO SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTER: YOU MUST SIGN THE AFFIRMATION 34 ON THIS ENVELOPE. 35 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 36 law.
