Senate Bill S3686

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the use of a simple and easy to read typeface on paper ballots

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S609
2013-2014: S1928
2015-2016: S2841

2017-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the use of a simple and easy to read typeface on paper ballots.

2017-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3686
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PARKER -- 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 the typeface to be used
   on paper ballots
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  7-106  of  the  election  law  is
 amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   2. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same polling place shall
 be  identical.  A  different, but in each case uniform style and size of
 SIMPLE AND EASY TO READ type, SUCH AS ARIAL OR UNIVERS,  shall  be  used
 for  printing  the names of candidates, the titles of offices, political
 designations, and the reading form of all questions submitted. The names
 of candidates shall be printed in INITIAL capital FOLLOWED BY LOWER CASE
 letters [in black-faced] OF NOT LESS  THAN  TWELVE  POINT  BOLD  (BLACK-
 FACED) type.
   2-A.  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE,  NEW  YORK CITY, AND THE COUNTY BOARDS OF
 ELECTIONS FOR THE COUNTIES OF  NASSAU,  SUFFOLK,  WESTCHESTER  AND  ERIE
 SHALL  AT  ALL  TIMES  HAVE ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE ON STAFF WHO IS FULLY
 TRAINED IN EFFECTIVE BALLOT DESIGN AND BALLOT USABILITY.  SUCH  EMPLOYEE
 OF  THE  STATE BOARD SHALL BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO ADVISE ALL COUN-
 TIES ON THE PROPOSED DESIGN AND  USABILITY  OF  THEIR  BALLOTS  FOR  ALL
 PRIMARY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing 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.
                                                            LBD07267-01-7



              

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