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Senate Bill S5112

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires paper ballots have a box, oval or other marking area that the voter may intentionally fill in to alert the voting system that any and all undervotes on the ballot are intentional

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2009-S5112 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9420
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง7-106, El L

2009-S5112 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires paper ballots have a box, oval or other marking area that the voter may intentionally fill in to alert the voting system that any and all undervotes on the ballot have been done so intentionally; allows the system to cast the ballot without returning an "undervote error message" to the voter.

2009-S5112 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5112 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5112

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  the  form  of  paper
  ballots

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

  Section 1. Section 7-106 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11. BALLOTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR A BOX, OVAL OR OTHER MARKING AREA, WHICH
WHEN FILLED IN BY A VOTER, SHALL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE VOTING SYSTEM AS A
DIRECTIVE  FROM  THE  VOTER INDICATING THAT ANY RACES ON THE BALLOT THAT
HAVE BEEN UNDERVOTED HAVE BEEN SO UNDERVOTED DELIBERATELY, AND AS  SUCH,
THE  VOTING  SYSTEM  SHALL  NOT PRODUCE AN UNDERVOTE ERROR NOTICE TO THE
VOTER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10548-01-9

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