S 8799 - Authorizes Ballots to be Postmarked on Election Day - New York Key Vote
Luis Sepúlveda voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Aug. 10, 2020
- House Bill Passed
- July 24, 2020
- Senate Bill Passed
- July 22, 2020
- Introduced
- July 16, 2020
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Stage Details
Title: Authorizes Ballots to be Postmarked on Election Day
Signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo
Title: Authorizes Ballots to be Postmarked on Election Day
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes mail-in ballots to be postmarked on the day of the 2020 election, November 3rd.
Highlights:
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Requires that any absentee ballot received by the board of elections by mail that does not bear or display a dated postmark to be presumed to have been timely mailed or delivered if the ballot bears a timestamp from the receiving board of elections indicating receipt by the board on the day after the election (Sec. 1).
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Establishes that this act shall take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 1).
Title: Authorizes Ballots to be Postmarked on Election Day
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes mail-in ballots to be postmarked on the day of the 2020 election, November 3rd.
Highlights:
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Requires that any absentee ballot received by the board of elections by mail that does not bear or display a dated postmark to be presumed to have been timely mailed or delivered if the ballot bears a timestamp from the receiving board of elections indicating receipt by the board on the day after the election (Sec. 1).
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Establishes that this act shall take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 1).
Title: Authorizes Ballots to be Postmarked on Election Day