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Assembly Bill A6767

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the preservation of unused ballots

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2011-A6767 - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-222, El L

2011-A6767 - Summary

Relates to the preservation of unused ballots.

2011-A6767 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6767

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 28, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to decreasing  the  amount
  of unused ballots to be stored following an election by requiring only
  ten  unused  ballots for each ballot lot or style printed to be stored
  for two years following an election

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 3-222 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 163 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  Except  as hereinafter provided, [packages] ALL of protested, void
and wholly blank ballots, [packages of]  TEN  unused  ballots  FOR  EACH
BALLOT  LOT  OR  STYLE  PRINTED  and  all absentee and military, special
federal, special presidential and emergency ballots  and  ballot  envel-
opes, if any, opened or unopened, shall be preserved for two years after
the  election.  Except  as  hereinafter provided, boxes containing voted
paper ballots shall be preserved inviolate for  four  months  after  the
election,  or  until one month before the next election occurring within
five months after a preceding election if such boxes are needed for  use
at  such  next  election  and  if the officer or board in charge of such
voted paper ballots is required by law to furnish ballot boxes therefor.
Provided, however, that such ballot  boxes  and  such  packages  may  be
opened, and their contents and the absentee and military, special feder-
al,  special presidential and emergency ballots and ballot envelopes may
be examined, upon the order of any court or justice of competent  juris-
diction. Boxes and envelopes containing absentee, military and emergency
ballots voted at a general or special election, for the office of member
of  the senate or assembly, [packages of] ALL void, protested and wholly
blank ballots, unopened absentee and military ballot envelopes  and  the
[packages  of]  TEN unused ballots FOR EACH BALLOT LOT OR STYLE PRINTED,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10533-01-1

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2011-A6767A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-222, El L

2011-A6767A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the preservation of unused ballots.

2011-A6767A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6767--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to the preservation of
  unused ballots

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 3-222 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 163 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  [Write-in]  VOTED  ballots  shall be preserved for two years after
such election and the packages thereof may be opened  and  the  contents
examined  only upon order of a court or judge of competent jurisdiction,
or by direction of such committee of the  senate  and  assembly  if  the
ballots  relate  to  the election under investigation by such committee,
and at the expiration of such time, such ballots may be disposed  of  at
the discretion of the officer or board having charge of them.
  S  2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 3-222 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 163 of the laws of  1994,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided, packages of protested, void and
wholly blank ballots, OPEN packages of unused ballots and  all  absentee
and  military,  special  federal,  special  presidential  and  emergency
ballots and ballot envelopes, if  any,  opened  or  unopened,  shall  be
preserved  for  two years after the election.  SEALED PACKAGES OF UNUSED
BALLOTS SHALL BE RETAINED FOR FOUR MONTHS, AND MAY  THEN  BE  DESTROYED,
PROVIDED  A  CERTIFICATE  ARTICULATING THE ELECTION DISTRICT IDENTIFYING
DATA AND NUMBERS OF SUCH BALLOTS IS FILED WITH THE  BALANCE  OF  BALLOTS
DESCRIBED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TWO YEAR RETENTION
PERIOD. Except as hereinafter provided,  boxes  containing  voted  paper
ballots,  IF  ANY shall be preserved inviolate for four months after the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10533-02-1

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