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Assembly Bill A1971

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes county boards of elections to restrict certain write-in balloting in primary elections for party races

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2015-A1971 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง9-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1448
2011-2012: A4848
2013-2014: A2667

2015-A1971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes county boards of elections to count the write-in votes at the recanvass.

2015-A1971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1971

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to canvass of write-in
  votes

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 2 of section 9-102 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 334 of the laws of 2013, is  amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  The inspectors shall canvass the ballot scanner tabulated results
by printing the results tape in the presence of  the  watchers  and  all
other  persons who may be lawfully within the polling place, giving full
view of the tabulated results tape numbers. An  inspector  shall,  under
the scrutiny of an inspector of a different political party, either post
the  results  tape  or  read and announce in the order of the offices as
their titles are arranged on the tabulated  results  tape,  in  distinct
tones  the  public  office  or party position, candidate name, political
party and the results as shown on the tabulated results  tape  and  then
shall  announce  the  number of write-in votes recorded for each office.
IF THE VOTING TABULATED RESULT TAPE RECORDS WRITE-IN VOTES ON A REGISTER
OR ROLL IN A SEPARATELY SEALED COMPARTMENT, A BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY, BY
RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF AN  ELECTION,
DETERMINE  TO  CANVASS  THE  WRITE-IN  VOTES CAST FOR EACH OFFICE ON THE
WRITE-IN REGISTER OR ROLL EITHER AT THE TIME OF THE RECANVASS  CONDUCTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 9-208 OF THIS ARTICLE OR DIRECT THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE  BOARD  OF INSPECTORS SHALL, UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF AN INSPECTOR OF A
DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTY, READ THE VOTES RECORDED FOR  EACH  OFFICE  ON
THE  WRITE-IN  BALLOTS  AT  THE CLOSE OF THE POLLS. The inspectors shall
also in the same manner post or announce the  results  for  each  ballot
proposal.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04755-01-5

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