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Senate Bill S3863
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 35th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
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Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3863 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to identifying the sources of campaign telephone canvasses or "push polls" PURPOSE : To ban "push-polling" unless said poll meets strict public reporting requirements. It also prevents legitimate scientific polling to be used to influence elections without meeting strict reporting requirements. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Subdivision 1, paragraph A of section 3-106 of the Election Law is amended to add language defining the practice commonly known as "push-polling." A "push-poll" is defined as: * the misrepresentation of a candidate's background, morality, character, voting record or any other acts by a candidate to a voter; * a poll done by telephone or personal contact from a list of names that is not obtained from a scientifically measurable or random sampling technique; * a poll specifically meant to persuade voters rather than gather a
2009-S3863 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3863 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, C. JOHNSON, THOMPSON -- 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 identifying the sources of campaign telephone canvasses or "push polls" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere enumerated in this article, the state board of elections, after public hearings, shall adopt a "fair campaign code" [setting] WHICH SHALL SET forth ethical standards of conduct for persons, political parties and committees engaged in election campaigns including, but not limited to, specific prohibitions against practices of political espionage and other poli- tical practices [involving] WHICH INVOLVE subversion of the political parties and process, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE CRIMINAL RECORD OR BACKGROUND, MORAL TURPITUDE, CHARACTER, VOTING RECORD OR OTHER SPECIFIC ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF A CANDIDATE, TO A POTEN- TIAL VOTER, BY MEANS OF PERSONAL CONTACT OR TELEPHONE CANVASS FROM A LIST OF NAMES OF POTENTIAL VOTERS NOT DERIVED FROM A SCIENTIFICALLY MEASURABLE AND RANDOM SAMPLING TECHNIQUE AND WHICH CONTACT OR CANVASS IS DESIGNED TO PERSUADE VOTERS RATHER THAN TO GATHER A RANDOM SAMPLE OF OPINION, AS A FOUNDATION FOR ASKING A POTENTIAL VOTER IN ONE OR MORE CANVASS QUESTIONS OR CANVASS SAMPLINGS WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT PERSUADING A VOTER RATHER THAN AT GATHERING A RANDOM SAMPLE OF OPIN- ION, AND CONDUCTED IN PERSON OR BY TELEPHONE HIS OR HER OPINION OR HOW HE OR SHE WILL VOTE, AND SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO DISCLOSE THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE CALLER AND BY WHOM THE CANVASS WAS COMMISSIONED AND BY WHOM IT IS CONDUCTED, SPONSORED AND PAID, AND IF PAID FOR OR SPONSORED EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09473-01-9
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