Assembly Bill A7601

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relating to the audit of voter verifiable audit records

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5908 - Signed by Governor

  • 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

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2015-A7601 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5908
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-211, El L

2015-A7601 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the audit of voter verifiable audit records; authorizes manual audits or via the use of any automated tool authorized by the state board of elections.

2015-A7601 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7601

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to the audit of voter
  verifiable audit records

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

  Section  1. Section 9-211 of the election law, as added by chapter 181
of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  S 9-211. Audit of voter verifiable audit records.  1.  Within  fifteen
days after each general or special election, and within seven days after
every  primary  or village election conducted by the board of elections,
the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board
shall [manually] audit the voter verifiable  audit  records  from  three
percent  of  voting  machines or systems within the jurisdiction of such
board.  SUCH AUDITS MAY BE PERFORMED MANUALLY OR  VIA  THE  USE  OF  ANY
AUTOMATED  TOOL  AUTHORIZED FOR SUCH USE BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
WHICH IS INDEPENDENT FROM THE VOTING SYSTEM IT IS BEING USED  TO  AUDIT.
Voting machines or systems shall be selected for audit through a random,
manual  process.  At  least  five  days prior to the time fixed for such
selection process, the board of elections shall  send  notice  by  first
class mail to each candidate, political party and independent body enti-
tled  to have had watchers present at the polls in any election district
in such board's jurisdiction. Such notice shall state the time and place
fixed for such random selection process. The audit shall be conducted in
the same manner, to  the  extent  applicable,  as  a  canvass  of  paper
ballots. Each candidate, political party or independent body entitled to
appoint  watchers  to  attend  at  a  polling place shall be entitled to
appoint such number of watchers to observe the audit.
  2. The [manual] audit tallies for each voting machine or system  shall
be  compared  to  the tallies recorded by such voting machine or system,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11049-01-5

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