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Int 0786-2026
| * | Selvena N. Brooks-Powers | | Proposed Int. No. 786-A | Procedures for early mail and absentee ballots for voters in department of correction custody. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Correction to collaborate with the Board of Elections to create procedures for curing ballots for voters in the custody of the Department of Correction. The Commissioner would also be charged with helping incarcerated voters get new ballots when their previous ballot has an uncurable defect. Additionally, this bill would require the Department of Correction to report on statistics over the last five years regarding curing ballots for voters in their custody, such as how many cure affirmations were delivered to voters in their custody and how many cure affirmations were returned to the Board of Elections, as well as collaborating with the Department of Correction to determine how many ballots had uncurable defects and how many ballots were ultimately rejected and not counted. | | |
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Int 0797-2026
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | Proposed Int. No. 797-A | Reporting on voter registration and voting in city jails. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction to, in addition to semi-annual reporting on voter registration forms, annually report on the number of voter registration and voting activities in city jails, as well as on demographic information for people returning voter registration forms to the Department of Correction. | | |
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