Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 15, 2010 |
signed chap.129 |
Jun 04, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
May 26, 2010 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.658 substituted for a1509 |
May 17, 2010 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 19, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 14, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 13, 2010 |
1st report cal.367 |
Mar 24, 2010 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7221
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2009-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1509
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §16-113, El L
2009-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7221 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to audit of voter verifiable records PURPOSE : This bill corrects a technical error in Election Law Section 16-113 by clarifying that any candidate or his or her agent must bring a special proceeding to obtain a court order directing a manual audit of the voter verifiable paper record of the votes applicable to the candidate. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends Election Law section 16-113 to add that "a special proceeding" must be commenced in court to obtain an order for a manual audit of the votes cast for the office for which a candidate is running. Section 2: Provides for the Act to take effect immediately. EXISTING LAW :
2009-S7221 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7221 I N S E N A T E March 24, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 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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