Assembly Bill A1956

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the state board of elections to make public its reports on the examination of voting machines and systems

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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-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7-201, El L

2009-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to make available to the public its reports on the examination of voting machines and systems; such reports shall be available on the state board's website and in written form upon request.

2009-A1956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1956

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the availability of the
  reports  of the examinations by the state board of elections of voting
  machines and systems

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 7-201 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 181 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Any person or corporation owning or being interested in any voting
machine or system may apply to have the state board of elections examine
such machine or system. Such applicant shall pay to the board before the
examination a fee equal to the cost of such examination. The state board
of elections shall cause the machine or system  to  be  examined  and  a
report  of  the  examination  to  be made and filed in the office of the
state board, AND EVERY SUCH REPORT SHALL BE  MADE  PART  OF  THE  PUBLIC
RECORD  AND  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN ELECTRONIC FORM ON THE
STATE BOARD'S WEBSITE AND IN WRITTEN FORM UPON REQUEST.   Such  examina-
tion  shall  include a determination as to whether the machine or system
meets the requirements of section 7-202 of this  title  and  a  thorough
review  and  testing  of  any electronic or computerized features of the
machine or system. Such report shall state an opinion as to whether  the
kind of machine or system so examined can safely and properly be used by
voters  and local boards of elections at elections, under the conditions
prescribed in this article and the  requirements  of  the  federal  Help
America Vote Act. If the report states that the machine or system can be
so  used,  and  the  board  after  its own examination so determines, in
accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of this  chapter,  the
machine  or  system shall be deemed approved, and machines or systems of
its kind may be adopted for use at elections  as  herein  provided.  The

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03211-01-9

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