Senate Bill S6907

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to poll site marking utensils

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S6907 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10388
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8-102 & 8-312, El L

2009-S6907 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to poll site marking utensils.

2009-S6907 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6907 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6907

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 24, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT amend the election law, in relation to poll site marking utensils

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 1 of section 8-102 of the
election law is amended to read as follows:
  (g) See that the [voting] PRIVACY booths are  supplied  with  [pencils
having  black  lead  only]  PENS  OR  OTHER APPROPRIATE MARKING UTENSILS
SUPPLIED BY THE COUNTY BOARDS.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 8-312 of the election law is amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  On  receiving  his  OR HER ballot, the voter forthwith and without
leaving the inclosed space shall retire alone, unless he OR SHE be enti-
tled to assistance in voting, to an unoccupied voting booth and mark his
OR HER ballot, using a pen [having blue or black ink or a pencil  having
black  lead] OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MARKING UTENSIL SUPPLIED BY THE COUNTY
BOARD. He OR SHE shall not occupy a booth  more  than  five  minutes  if
other  voters  are  waiting  to  occupy  it. If the voter wrongly marks,
defaces or tears a ballot or one of a set of  ballots,  he  OR  SHE  may
successively  obtain others, one set at a time, not exceeding three sets
in all, upon returning to the inspectors or clerks each set  of  ballots
already received.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15893-01-0

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