Assembly Bill A2264

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing the uniform election night procedure act

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  • 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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2019-A2264 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2346
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§9-102, 9-106, 9-110, 9-112, 9-114 & 9-124, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7925, S5699
2017-2018: A2092, A9606, S7090

2019-A2264 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the uniform election night procedure act.

2019-A2264 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2264
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LAVINE, FAHY, ABINANTI, SIMON, ROZIC, CUSICK,
   PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
   "Uniform Election Night Procedure Act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Uniform Election Night Procedure Act".
   §  2.  Section 9-102 of the election law, as amended by chapter 334 of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 9-102. Canvass; general provisions for. 1. [Except in  the  city  of
 New  York,  as]  AS  soon  as  the polls of the election are closed, the
 inspectors of election thereat shall, in the order set forth  herein[;]:
 (a)  place an inspector at the ballot scanner to prevent further voting;
 (b) reconcile the paper ballots pursuant to section 9-106 of this title;
 (c) remove surplus ballots, if any, pursuant to section  9-108  of  this
 title;  (d)  scan  the  ballots  contained in the emergency box or other
 secure storage container pursuant to section 9-110 of  this  title;  (e)
 hand count and secure ballots that cannot be scanned pursuant to section
 9-110  of  this  title;  (f) INITIATE THE BALLOT SCANNER, close the poll
 MECHANISM, print the tabulated results tape, AND POST THE  RESULTS  TAPE
 OR  announce  [the  result]  ITS CONTENTS OR BOTH; (G) REMOVE ONE OF THE
 PORTABLE MEMORY DEVICES FROM THE  BALLOT  SCANNER  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 REPORTING  THE  UNOFFICIAL TALLY OF ELECTION RESULTS PURSUANT TO SECTION
 9-126 OF THIS TITLE; (H) POST OR ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF ANY HAND COUNTS
 and sign the return of canvass pursuant to subdivisions 2 and 3 of  this
 section;  [(g)] (I) close, lock and seal the machine; and [(h)] (J) sign
 the close of poll certificate, as provided by the board of elections.
   [1-a. In the city of New York, as soon as the polls  of  the  election
 are  closed,  the inspectors of election thereat shall, in the order set
 forth herein: (a) place an inspector at the ballot  scanner  to  prevent

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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