Assembly Bill A1509

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows that a manual audit of the voter verifiable records applicable to any candidate may be directed in a special proceeding

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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-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7221
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-113, El L

2009-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows that a manual audit of the voter verifiable records applicable to any candidate may be directed in a special proceeding.

2009-A1509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1509

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to audit of voter verifi-
  able records

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

  Section 1. Section 16-113 of the election law, as added by chapter 181
of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S  16-113.  Audit of voter verifiable records. The supreme court, by a
justice within the judicial district, or the county court, by  a  county
judge within his or her county, IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING by any candidate
or  his  or her agent, may direct a manual audit of the voter verifiable
audit records applicable to any candidate running for office within such
judicial district or county where (1)  the  uniform  statewide  standard
promulgated  by  regulation  by the state board of elections pursuant to
subdivision three of section 9-211  of  this  chapter  with  respect  to
discrepancies  between  manual  audit  tallies  and  voting  machines or
systems tallies requires a further  voter  verifiable  record  audit  of
additional  voting machines or systems or all voting machines or systems
applicable to such election, or (2)  where  evidence  presented  to  the
court  otherwise  indicates  that  there  is  a likelihood of a material
discrepancy between such manual audit tally and such voting  machine  or
system  tally which creates a substantial possibility that the winner of
the election as reflected in the voting machine or  system  tally  could
change  if a voter verifiable record audit of additional voting machines
or systems or of all voting  machines  or  systems  applicable  to  such
election were conducted.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00353-01-9

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