NY State Senate Bill 2013-S4478

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2014	referred to elections
Apr 03, 2013	referred to elections

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4600
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-212, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A4715
2017-2018: A4156
2019-2020: A875
2021-2022: A82

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to annual reports of the boards of elections; requires such reports be made available on the boards' websites; requires that the reports include specific performance metrics.

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4478

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act  to amend the election law, in relation to
annual reports of the boards of elections

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To improve public access to information about the Board  of  Elections
through the annual report.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section  1  amends  subdivision  4  of  § 3-212 of the Election Law to
require that the Board of Elections publish each year's annual  report
and  that  the  report  contain  performance metrics for the preceding
calendar year, including:

*The number of elections administered, including the offices  and  any
referenda included in the election

*The  number  of ballots delivered to each poll site, cast by scanning
at each poll site  scanner  and  counted  at  each  country  Board  of
Elections office.

*The  number  of election inspectors and poll clerks employed for each
election, the number of unfilled  election  inspector  or  poll  clerk

positions  for  each election and the number of poll sites with absent
election inspectors or poll clerks for each election.

*The number of poll workers who  attended  trainings,  the  number  of
trainings offered per election and the number of trainers hired.

*The number of interpreters employed per language per election and the
poll sites at which they were deployed.

*The total number of polling places per election.

*The  total number of scanners deployed per election, the total number
of scanners which required repair on  each  election  day,  the  total
number  of  scanners  requiring  replacement on each election day, the
total number of staff from the voting equipment  vendor  employed  per
election  and a breakdown of costs incurred for repair and replacement
per election.

*The number of poll site accessibility waivers requested and  obtained
per   election,   the   number  of  ballot  marking  devices  deployed
per-election and the number  of  ballots  created  by  ballot  marking
device per election.

*The  number of candidate petitions processed per election, the number
of petition hearings conducted for each election  and  the  number  of
hearing appeals filed per election.

*The  total  number of voter registration applications sorted by party
and, in New York City,  borough,  the  number  of  voter  registration
applications processed by the DMV and by CUNY.


*The  number  of  unique  visitors  and  total  hits  to  the Board of
Elections websites and to any online poll locator  on  a  monthly  and
annual basis.

*The  number  of complaints received regarding poll worker conduct per
election, the number of investigations into complaints performed,  the
average  length  of  investigation  into  complaints,  the  number  of
complaints resolved and the resulting actions taken.

Section 2 contains the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The Boards of Elections in New York are responsible for  reporting  to
voters on their performance. However, the reports they produce fail to
provide  a  clear  accounting of the previous year's elections and are
often unavailable to the public. By  requiring  public  access  to  an
annual  report that includes very specific performance metrics, we can
ensure accountability at the Boards of Elections.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This bill would take effect immediately.

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4478

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 3, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. TKACZYK -- 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 annual reports  of  the
  boards of elections

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4  of  section  3-212  of  the
election  law,  as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended
and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (a) Each board of elections shall make an annual report of its affairs
and proceedings to its local legislative body once every  twelve  months
and  no  later  than the last day of January in any year. A copy of said
annual report shall be filed with the state board of elections AND SHALL
BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY  ANY  BOARD
OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, NO LATER THAN FIVE
DAYS AFTER SAID REPORT IS DELIVERED TO THE STATE BOARD.
  (C)  SAID ANNUAL REPORT, AS REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THE  PRECEDING
CALENDAR YEAR:
  (1)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ELECTIONS ADMINISTERED IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR
YEAR, INCLUDING ALL PRIMARY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL  ELECTIONS,  LISTED  BY
DATE WITH THE OFFICES INCLUDED IN EACH ELECTION AND ANY REFERENDUM QUES-
TIONS;
  (2)  THE  NUMBER OF BALLOTS DELIVERED TO EACH POLL SITE, THE NUMBER OF
BALLOTS CAST BY SCANNING AT EACH POLL SITE SCANNER, AND  THE  NUMBER  OF
BALLOTS  COUNTED  AT  EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE, INCLUDING A
SEPARATE LISTING FOR THE NUMBER OF  EMERGENCY,  ABSENTEE,  MILITARY  AND
OVERSEAS BALLOTS COUNTED AT EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE;
  (3)  THE  NUMBER  OF  ELECTION INSPECTORS AND POLL CLERKS EMPLOYED FOR
EACH ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNFILLED ELECTION INSPECTOR  OR  POLL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07751-01-3

S. 4478                             2

CLERK  POSITIONS  FOR  EACH  ELECTION  AND THE NUMBER OF POLL SITES WITH
ABSENT ELECTION INSPECTORS OR POLL CLERKS FOR EACH ELECTION;
  (4)  THE  NUMBER  OF  POLL  WORKERS  WHO ATTENDED TRAININGS, THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF TRAINING SESSIONS OFFERED PER  ELECTION,  AND  THE  NUMBER  OF
ADJUNCT TRAINERS HIRED PER ELECTION;
  (5)  THE NUMBER OF INTERPRETERS EMPLOYED PER LANGUAGE PER ELECTION AND
THE LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES WHERE INTERPRETERS WERE DEPLOYED;
  (6) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POLLING PLACES PER ELECTION, THE TOTAL  NUMBER
OF  SCANNERS  DEPLOYED  FOR  EACH ELECTION, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCANNERS
WHICH REQUIRED REPAIR ON EACH ELECTION DAY, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCANNERS
REQUIRING REPLACEMENT ON EACH ELECTION DAY, THE TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  STAFF
FROM  THE  VOTING  EQUIPMENT  VENDOR EMPLOYED ON EACH ELECTION DAY AND A
BREAKDOWN OF COSTS INCURRED FOR REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT ON EACH  ELECTION
DAY;
  (7)  THE  NUMBER  OF POLL SITE ACCESSIBILITY WAIVERS REQUESTED AND THE
NUMBER OF POLL SITE ACCESSIBILITY WAIVERS OBTAINED  FOR  EACH  ELECTION,
THE  NUMBER OF BALLOT MARKING DEVICES DEPLOYED FOR EACH ELECTION AND THE
NUMBER OF BALLOTS CREATED BY BALLOT MARKING DEVICES FOR EACH ELECTION;
  (8) THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATE PETITIONS PROCESSED FOR EACH ELECTION, THE
NUMBER OF PETITION HEARINGS CONDUCTED FOR EACH ELECTION AND  THE  NUMBER
OF HEARING APPEALS FILED FOR EACH ELECTION;
  (9)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS SORTED BY
PARTY AND, FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  BY
BOROUGH,  INDICATING THE NUMBER OF VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS PROC-
ESSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND, FOR BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BY AGENCIES UTILIZING CODE "9" REGISTRATION  FORMS
AND  BY  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK UTILIZING CODE "D" REGISTRATION
FORMS;
  (10) METRICS INDICATING WEBSITE USAGE, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF  UNIQUE
VISITORS  AND  TOTAL  HITS  TO  THE  WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY EACH BOARD OF
ELECTIONS AND TO ANY ON-LINE POLL LOCATION LOCATOR ON A  PER  MONTH  AND
ANNUAL BASIS; AND
  (11)  THE  NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED REGARDING POLL WORKER CONDUCT
PER ELECTION, THE NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS  INTO  COMPLAINTS  PERFORMED,
THE  AVERAGE  LENGTH  OF  INVESTIGATION  INTO  COMPLAINTS, THE NUMBER OF
COMPLAINTS RESOLVED AND THE RESULTING ACTIONS TAKEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Find your Senator and share your views on important issues.

Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S4478

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Actions

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Do you support this bill?

Get Status Alerts for 2013-S4478

Senate Bill S4478

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Cecilia Tkaczyk

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

Actions

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments