Senate Bill S6581

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes computer generated registration lists; relates to the list of supplies to be delivered to poll sites

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  • 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-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8608
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd El L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S2788, A5547
2019-2020: S508, A2070

2015-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes counties to employ computer generated registration lists; updates the list of supplies to be delivered to poll sites.

2015-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6581

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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  computer
  generated  registration  lists; in relation to the list of supplies to
  be delivered to poll sites

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

  Section  1.  Section  1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
  38. "COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST" MEANS A  PRINTED  OR  ELEC-
TRONIC  LIST  OF  VOTERS  IN  ALPHABETICAL  ORDER  FOR A SINGLE ELECTION
DISTRICT OR POLL SITE, GENERATED FROM A COMPUTER REGISTRATION  FILE  FOR
EACH  ELECTION  AND CONTAINING FOR EACH VOTER LISTED, A FACSIMILE OF THE
SIGNATURE OF THE VOTER. SUCH A LIST MAY BE IN A SINGLE VOLUME OR IN MORE
THAN ONE VOLUME. THE LIST MAY BE UTILIZED IN PLACE OF REGISTRATION  POLL
RECORDS,  TO  ESTABLISH  A  PERSON'S  ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN THE POLLING
PLACE ON ELECTION DAY.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4-128 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 125 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. The board of elections of each county shall provide  the  requisite
number  of  official  and facsimile ballots, two cards of instruction to
voters in the form prescribed by the state board of elections, at  least
one  copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors, a sufficient number
of maps, street finders or other descriptions  of  all  of  the  polling
places  and election districts within the political subdivision in which
the polling place is located to enable the election inspectors and  poll
clerks  to determine the correct election district and polling place for
each street address within the political subdivision in which the  poll-
ing  place is located, distance markers, tally sheets and return blanks,
pens, [black ink, or ball point pens with black  ink,]  pencils  [having
black  lead],  OR  OTHER  APPROPRIATE MARKING DEVICES, envelopes for the
ballots of voters whose registration poll records are not in the  ledger
or whose names are not [on] IN the computer generated registration list,
envelopes for returns, identification buttons, badges or emblems for the

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

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