Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 04, 2009 |
enacting clause stricken recommitted to election law |
Mar 12, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.247 |
Mar 11, 2009 |
reported |
Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A5945
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DIAZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
Actions
2009-A5945 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7-203, El L
2009-A5945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5945 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DIAZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the qualifications taken into account for determining the minimum number of voting machines used in polling places THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 7-203 of the election law, as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state board of elections shall establish, in accordance with subdivision four of section 3-100 of this chapter, for each election, the minimum number of voting machines required in each polling place and the maximum number of voters that can vote on one voting machine. Such minimum number of voting machines shall be based on the voting machine in use, taking into account machine functionality and capability, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO TABULATE MULTIPLE OFFICIAL BALLOTS and the need for efficient and order- ly elections and, in the case of a general or special election, the number of registered voters, excluding voters in inactive status, in the election district or, in the case of a primary election, the number of enrolled voters, excluding voters in inactive status, therein. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09408-01-9
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