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Assembly Bill A267C

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a system to allow the posting of candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style on the board of elections website

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2017-A267 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4113
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2015-2016: A600, S6522
2019-2020: A163, S1590

2017-A267 - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

2017-A267 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    267
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  posting
   of sample ballots on a board of elections website
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
 provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
 of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
 shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
 shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
 illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
 ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
 polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
 board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
 election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
 published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
 papers representing the major political parties. THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS
 SHALL  POST  A COPY OF THE SAMPLE BALLOT ON ITS WEBSITE AS SOON AS IT IS
 AVAILABLE. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to  each  school  in
 the  county, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory
 education, and in the city of New York to each such school in  the  city
 of  New York, at least one week before each general election for posting
 at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall  also
 send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01716-01-7

co-Sponsors

2017-A267A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4113
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2015-2016: A600, S6522
2019-2020: A163, S1590

2017-A267A - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

2017-A267A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  267--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the posting
   of sample ballots on a board of elections website

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  7-118 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7-118. Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of  elections  shall
 provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
 of  a  diagram  showing  such  part of the face of the voting machine as
 shall be in use at that election.   Such facsimile  and  sample  ballots
 shall  be  either  in  full  or  reduced size and shall contain suitable
 illustrated directions for voting on the voting machine. Such  facsimile
 ballots  shall  be  mounted  and displayed for public inspection at each
 polling place during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed  by  the
 board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
 election,  or  in  lieu  thereof,  a  copy  of such sample ballot may be
 published at least once within one week preceding the election in  news-
 papers  representing the major political parties. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 SHALL POST A COPY OF THE SAMPLE BALLOT ON ITS WEBSITE,  INCLUDING  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY FOR USE WITH A COMPUTER SCREEN-READING PROGRAM, AS SOON AS IT
 IS AVAILABLE. One copy of such facsimile shall be sent to each school in
 the  county, providing the ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory
 education, and in the city of New York to each such school in  the  city
 of  New York, at least one week before each general election for posting
 at a convenient place in such school. The board of elections shall  also
 send a facsimile ballot to any other school requesting such a ballot.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01716-02-7

co-Sponsors

2017-A267B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4113
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2015-2016: A600, S6522
2019-2020: A163, S1590

2017-A267B - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

2017-A267B - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  267--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee  on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   again  reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  posting
   of sample ballots on a board of elections website
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
 provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
 of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
 shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
 shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
 illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
 ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
 polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
 board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
 election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
 published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
 papers representing the major political parties.  EACH COUNTY  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  SHALL  TRANSMIT,  AS IT IS AVAILABLE, A COPY OF THE CANDIDATE
 AND CONTEST INFORMATION CONTAINED ON EACH OF ITS BALLOT  STYLES  TO  THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE STATE BOARD SHALL CREATE A SYSTEM TO ALLOW
 SUCH  INFORMATION TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VIA ITS WEBSITE, AS WELL
 AS THE WEBSITE OF ANY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND IN SUCH A WAY AS TO
 BE ACCESSIBLE WITH A COMPUTER SCREEN-READING PROGRAM. One copy  of  such
 facsimile  shall  be  sent  to  each school in the county, providing the
 ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory education, and in the city
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2017-A267C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4113
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2015-2016: A600, S6522
2019-2020: A163, S1590

2017-A267C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

2017-A267C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  267--C
                                                            R. R. 124
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  BENEDETTO,  BUCHWALD,  ABINANTI,
   SEPULVEDA, GALEF --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
   said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the  Commit-
   tee  on  Rules  --  ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and
   delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote  reconsidered,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the special
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  posting
   of sample ballots on a board of elections website
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
 provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
 of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
 shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
 shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
 illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
 ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
 polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
 board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
 election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
 published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
 papers representing the major political parties.  EACH COUNTY  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  SHALL TRANSMIT ELECTRONICALLY IN A FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AS IT IS AVAILABLE, A COPY OF  THE  CANDI-
 DATE  AND  CONTEST INFORMATION CONTAINED ON EACH OF ITS BALLOT STYLES TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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