S 440 NY
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals
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Summary
This bill would establish voting access for incarcerated individuals in New York. It would authorize polling places to be set up at correctional facilities and other local facilities where people are detained or confined. The bill would require these facilities to provide incarcerated or detained individuals with access to register to vote and to apply for absentee ballots. It would also require that voting information be included in inmate handbooks distributed at these facilities.
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Official abstract
Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.
Sponsor (1)
- Zellnor Myrie Democratic · primary
20 coauthors / cosponsors
- Jabari Brisport Democratic · cosponsor
- Samra Brouk Democratic · cosponsor
- Cordell Cleare Democratic · cosponsor
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · cosponsor
- Kristen Gonzalez Democratic · cosponsor
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · cosponsor
- Pete Harckham Democratic · cosponsor
- Michelle Hinchey Democratic · cosponsor
- Robert Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- John Liu Democratic · cosponsor
- Rachel May Democratic · cosponsor
- Shelley Mayer Democratic · cosponsor
- Jessica Ramos Democratic · cosponsor
- Gustavo Rivera Democratic · cosponsor
- Julia Salazar Democratic · cosponsor
- Luis R. Sepúlveda Democratic · cosponsor
- José M. Serrano Democratic · cosponsor
- Sam Sutton Democratic · cosponsor
- Jeremy Zellner Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (5)
- Jan 8, 2025 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION · upper
- Jun 2, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 440A · upper
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