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Assembly Bill A9923

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to ballot proposals

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2017-A9923 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-110, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A112

2017-A9923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ballot proposals.

2017-A9923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9923
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to ballot proposals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7-110 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 647 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7-110.  Ballots;  form for ballot proposals. Ballot proposals shall
 appear on the voting machine or ballot in a  separate  section.  At  the
 left  of,  or  below  or  above,  each proposal shall appear two [voting
 levers or two] voting OVALS OR squares[, each  at  least  one-half  inch
 square].  Next  to the first [lever or square] shall be printed the word
 "Yes," and next to the second [lever or square]  shall  be  printed  the
 word  "No."  The proposals shall be numbered consecutively on the voting
 machine or ballot. The number of each proposal shall appear in front  of
 its  designation as an amendment, proposition or question in the follow-
 ing form:  "Proposal one, an amendment;  proposal  two,  a  proposition;
 proposal  three, a question".  IF THE BALLOT PROPOSAL SECTION APPEARS ON
 THE BALLOT FACE OPPOSITE THE  CANDIDATES,  A  BALLOT  INSTRUCTION  IN  A
 FORMAT  PROVIDED  BY  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A
 GRAPHIC ARROW, SHALL INDICATE THE BALLOT IS TWO-SIDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on  the  fifteenth  of  December  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14767-01-8

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