Overseas military voters now will have more time to vote in special elections after the Senate and Assembly unanimously passed a bill extending the time between the announcement of a special election and the special election itself. Current law provides 30 to 40 days between the calling of a special election and Election Day. That doesn’t give service members overseas time to send their ballots back home to vote in special elections. After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs the bill, that period will be 70 to 80 days. “This bill will make sure that New Yorkers serving abroad in the military will have their votes counted,” Mr. Cuomo said in a news release. “I look forward to signing it into law and making sure that all New Yorkers are able to participate in our electoral process.”
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