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Senate Bill S966

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Eliminates the requirement for the use of electronic voting machines during village and fire district elections

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2011-S966 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7-200 & 7-203, El L; amd §176, Town L

2011-S966 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the requirement for the use of electronic voting machines during village and fire district elections and authorizes the use of mechanical lever voting machines during such elections.

2011-S966 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   966

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. JOHNSON -- 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  authorizing  village
  elections  to be conducted on mechanical lever voting machines; and to
  amend the town law, in relation to authorizing the use  of  mechanical
  lever voting machines at fire district elections

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 7-200  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  181  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The board of elections of the city of New  York  and  other  county
boards  of  elections  may  adopt  any  kind of voting machine or system
approved by the state board of elections, or the use of which  has  been
specifically  authorized  by  law;  and thereupon such voting machine or
system may be used at any or all elections and  shall  be  used  at  all
general  or  special elections held by such boards in such city, town or
village and in every contested primary election in the city of New  York
and  in every contested primary election outside the city of New York in
which there are one thousand or more enrolled voters qualified to  vote;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT SUCH MACHINES AND SYSTEMS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
TO BE USED IN ANY VILLAGE ELECTION CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN
OF THIS CHAPTER AND THE USE OF MECHANICAL LEVER VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE
AUTHORIZED FOR VILLAGE ELECTIONS.   No more than  two  types  of  voting
machines  or  systems  may  be used by any local board of elections at a
single election. Notwithstanding the other provisions of  this  subdivi-
sion,  any  local  board  of elections may borrow or lease for use on an
experimental basis for a period of not more than one year  each,  voting
machines  or  systems  of  any  type  approved  by  the  state  board of
elections.

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

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