A 9626 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to absentee ballot drop boxes

Summary

Requires a board of elections to establish at least one ballot drop-off location in its jurisdiction; requires the ballot drop boxes to be placed 45 days before the election.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Last action Mar 31, 2026

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What changed between versions

A9626 → A9626A · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the requirement for ballot drop boxes from an authorization to a mandate, requiring every board of elections to establish at least one drop box for every 15,000 registered voters. Additionally, the amendment clarifies that boards have the discretion to add more drop boxes as needed and explicitly lists public facilities like libraries and town halls as acceptable locations.

Scope change

The scope of applicability expanded from allowing boards to optionally create drop boxes to mandating a specific minimum number of drop boxes based on the number of registered voters in the jurisdiction.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the obligation for ballot drop boxes from 'authorized to establish one or more' to 'required to establish at least one', ensuring a minimum standard of access for voters.

Added a specific threshold requiring at least one additional drop box for every 15,000 registered voters over the initial 15,000 in a jurisdiction.

Explicitly granted boards of elections the discretion to establish additional drop boxes beyond the minimum requirement if deemed necessary.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 31, 2026

Committee

REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 9626A

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

lower

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors