Assembly Bill A2092

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the uniform election night procedure act

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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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2017-A2092 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7090
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§9-102, 9-106, 9-110, 9-112, 9-114 & 9-124, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7925, S5699
2019-2020: A2264, S2346

2017-A2092 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the uniform election night procedure act.

2017-A2092 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2092
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  WALKER, QUART, FAHY, OTIS, SIMON,
   ABINANTI, ROZIC, RYAN, GOTTFRIED, CUSICK, PAULIN,  SKOUFIS  --  Multi-
   Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, THIELE -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to establishing the
   "Uniform Election Night Procedure Act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Uniform Election Night Procedure Act".
   § 2. Section 9-102 of the election law, as amended by chapter  334  of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   §  9-102.  Canvass;  general provisions for. 1. [Except in the city of
 New York, as] AS soon as the polls  of  the  election  are  closed,  the
 inspectors  of election thereat shall, in the order set forth herein[;]:
 (a) place an inspector at the ballot scanner to prevent further  voting;
 (b) reconcile the paper ballots pursuant to section 9-106 of this title;
 (c)  remove  surplus  ballots, if any, pursuant to section 9-108 of this
 title; (d) scan the ballots contained in  the  emergency  box  or  other
 secure  storage  container  pursuant to section 9-110 of this title; (e)
 hand count and secure ballots that cannot be scanned pursuant to section
 9-110 of this title; (f) INITIATE THE BALLOT  SCANNER,  close  the  poll
 MECHANISM,  print  the tabulated results tape, AND POST THE RESULTS TAPE
 OR announce [the result] ITS CONTENTS OR BOTH; (G)  REMOVE  ONE  OF  THE
 PORTABLE  MEMORY  DEVICES  FROM  THE  BALLOT  SCANNER FOR THE PURPOSE OF
 REPORTING THE UNOFFICIAL TALLY OF ELECTION RESULTS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 9-126 OF THIS TITLE; (H) POST OR ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF ANY HAND COUNTS
 and  sign the return of canvass pursuant to subdivisions 2 and 3 of this
 section; [(g)] (I) close, lock and seal the machine; and [(h)] (J)  sign
 the close of poll certificate, as provided by the board of elections.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02943-01-7
              

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