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S 3863: Relates to the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 3863 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill requires each county board of elections to supply affidavit ballots at polling sites. The number of affidavit ballots supplied to each polling site must be at least 15% of the total voter turnout in that election district for the last election held at the site. The changes take effect immediately.

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Last action: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 30, 2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 194 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3863 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling sites The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. Each county board of elections shall be required to supply each 4 polling site within the county affidavit ballots. The number of affida- 5 vit ballots supplied to each polling site shall not be less than fifteen 6 percent of the total voter turnout in each election district at the 7 polling site for the last election of that kind. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05382-01-5 
Text of S 3863 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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