AB4320 loosens voting standards by extending deadlines on ballot receipt and election certification, allowing surrogates to request ballots for others, and creating vote-by-mail awareness materials.
The General Assembly passed AB4320 on August 27, 2020 by a vote of 51 to 27. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill is a wide-ranging attack on election norms. It allows voters to request ballots for up to five other individuals, and not only permits mail-in voting but mandates the state create materials promoting the practice. In 2012, The New York Times admitted “[voting by mail] increases the potential for fraud.”