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S 10412 NY

Relates to prohibiting fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced May 15, 2026

Latest action (May 15, 2026) REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Summary

Prohibits fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles by making it a felony for anyone other than the board of elections to erect, display or maintain an absentee ballot drop-off box or receptacle.

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Action history (1)

  1. May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S10412 Summary: BILL NO S10412 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A05041

&nbsp SPONSOR GONZALEZ &nbsp COSPNSR ZELLNER &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Add §17-172, El L &nbsp Prohibits fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles by making it a felony for anyone other than the board of elections to erect, display or maintain an absentee ballot drop-off box or receptacle.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

10412

IN SENATE

May 15, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 prohibiting fraudulent absentee ballot drop-off boxes or receptacles

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 17-172 2 to read as follows: 3 § 17-172. Absentee ballot drop-off fraud. Any person or entity, other 4 than the board of elections, who erects, displays or maintains an absen- 5 tee ballot drop-off box or receptacle is guilty of a felony. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03969-01-5

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