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Assembly Bill A5512

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing photographs of one's self and one's own ballot while voting

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2017-A5512 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8-300 & 17-130, El L

2017-A5512 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing photographs of one's self and one's own ballot while voting, provided that such photographs do not contain any other voter or reveal the contents of any other voter's ballot.

2017-A5512 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5512
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to allowing photographs of
   one's self and one's own ballot while voting
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  8-300 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. VOTERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PHOTOGRAPH AND POST  ON  SOCIAL  MEDIA
 THEIR  OWN BALLOT AND THEMSELVES AT ANY STAGE OF VOTING, INCLUDING WHILE
 IN A PRIVACY BOOTH OR AT A BALLOT SCANNER,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  PHOTO-
 GRAPHS  DO  NOT  CONTAIN  ANY  OTHER VOTER OR REVEAL THE CONTENTS OF ANY
 OTHER VOTER'S BALLOT.
   § 2. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 17-130 of the election law  are
 amended to read as follows:
   10.  [Shows  his]  SOLICITS  A  VOTER TO SHOW THEIR ballot after it is
 prepared for voting, to any person so as to  reveal  the  contents[,  or
 solicits a voter to show the same]; or,
   11.  Places  any  mark  upon  his  ballot,  or  does  any other act in
 connection with his ballot with the intent that it may be identified  as
 the one voted by him, OTHER THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF SECTION 8-300 OF THIS CHAPTER; or,
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09232-01-7

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