S 5182 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "Disaster Voting Relief Act"

This bill, S 5182 ("Disaster Voting Relief Act"), creates temporary voting procedures during declared emergencies. It allows the governor to suspend or delay elections in affected areas and lets voters in disaster zones vote absentee without meeting standard requirements. The law also simplifies affidavit voting for registered voters in declared emergency areas and adjusts ballot handling rules for emergency ballots. These changes apply only during active state or federal disaster declarations and aim to ensure voting access when normal procedures are disrupted.
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Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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