BILL NUMBER:A10390
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to write-
in votes
PURPOSE: The bill clarifies the instructions for casting write-in votes.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends Election Law
section 7-106, paragraph 3 of subdivision 5 to provide that in order to
vote for an individual who is not listed on ballot, the voter shall
enter the candidate's name in the space labeled "write-in" appearing at
the end of the column or row under the title of the office.
Section 2 of the bill amends Election Law section 7-122, subparagraph 3
of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 to provide that a voter can vote for
an individual who is not listed on the ballot by entering the candi-
date's name in the appropriate space labeled "write-in" appearing at the
bottom of a column or row under the title for that office.
Section 3 of the bill amends Election Law section 7-122, subparagraphs 1
and 3 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 to provide respectively that the
ballot should be marked with the writing utensils provided and a write
in candidate's name should be entered in the space labeled "write-in"
appearing at the bottom of the column or row under the title of the
office.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10390
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 23, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to write-in votes
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision 5 of section 7-106 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2003, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) To vote for a person whose name is not printed on this ballot
write or stamp [his or her] THE name [on a blank line under the names of
the candidates for that office] IN THE SPACE LABELED "WRITE-IN" THAT
APPEARS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN OR ROW UNDER THE TITLE OF THE
OFFICE.
S 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 7-122
of the election law, as amended by chapter 156 of the laws of 1994, is
amended to read as follows:
3. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on this ballot write
or stamp the name in the [blank] space LABELED "WRITE-IN" which appears
at the bottom of the column OR ROW under the title of the office.
S 3. Subparagraphs 1 and 3 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of
section 7-122 of the election law, as added by chapter 352 of the laws
of 1986, are amended to read as follows:
1. Mark only with the [pencil supplied] WRITING UTENSILS PROVIDED with
this ballot.
3. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on this ballot,
write the name in the [blank] space LABELED "WRITE-IN" (TO indicate
where on ballot the write-in line appears) [containing] WHICH APPEARS AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN OR ROW UNDER the title of the office.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15723-02-0
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