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Senate Bill S5314

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires county boards of elections to submit ballots to state board of elections for approval when statewide candidates or other matters appear

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2009-S5314 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง7-104 & 7-110, El L

2009-S5314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that whenever any proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote is printed on a ballot or whenever a candidate for statewide office appears on a ballot each county board of elections shall submit a facsimile of the ballot to be used in that county to the state board of elections for approval prior to the printing of such ballot.

2009-S5314 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5314

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- 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 master ballot layout

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

  Section  1.  Section  7-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11. WHENEVER CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE APPEAR ON A BALLOT,  SUCH
MASTER  BALLOT  LAYOUT  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  BY  EACH  COUNTY  BOARD OF
ELECTIONS TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  FOR  APPROVAL  PRIOR  TO  THE
PRINTING OF SUCH BALLOT.
  S  2.  Section 7-110 of the election law, as amended by chapter 647 of
the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
  S 7-110. Ballots; form for ballot proposals.  Ballot  proposals  shall
appear  on  the  voting  machine or ballot in a separate section. At the
left of, or below or above, each proposal shall appear two voting levers
or two voting squares, each at least one-half inch square. Next  to  the
first  lever  or square shall be printed the word "Yes," and next to the
second lever or square shall be printed the  word  "No."  The  proposals
shall  be  numbered  consecutively  on the voting machine or ballot. The
number of each proposal shall appear in front of its designation  as  an
amendment, proposition or question in the following form: "Proposal one,
an  amendment; proposal two, a proposition; proposal three, a question".
WHENEVER ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION  OR  OTHER  QUESTION
PROVIDED  BY  LAW  TO  BE  SUBMITTED TO A STATEWIDE VOTE IS PRINTED ON A
BALLOT, SUCH MASTER BALLOT LAYOUT SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  BY  EACH  COUNTY
BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO
THE PRINTING OF SUCH BALLOT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11533-01-9

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