A 1566: Includes a statement on the envelopes of ballots for early mail voters, absentee voters and special presidential voters for signature affirmation.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1566 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law 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. LBD00491-01-5 
 A. 1566 2 1 ..................................... 2 Signature of Witness (required only 3 if voter does not sign his or her own 4 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 own 30 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 immediately.