S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2428
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 24, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 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.
LBD01045-01-9