Assembly Bill A7123

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to instituting additional ballot accountability practices

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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-A7123 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5129
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §7-105, El L

2019-A7123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to instituting additional ballot accountability practices.

2019-A7123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7123
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to instituting additional
   ballot accountability practices
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 7-105
 to read as follows:
   § 7-105. BALLOT ACCOUNTABILITY. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS CHAPTER REQUIRING BALLOTS TO INCLUDE A NUMBERED STUB SEPARATED FROM
 THE  BALLOT  BY A LINE OF PERFORATIONS, SUCH NUMBERED STUBS SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IMPLEMENTS  A  BALLOT  ACCOUNTABILITY
 PROCESS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WHICH (I)
 ACCOUNTS  FOR  THE  NUMBER OF EACH BALLOT STYLE RECEIVED BY THE ELECTION
 INSPECTORS, (II) RETAINS A RUNNING  COUNT  OF  BALLOTS  DISTRIBUTED  AND
 SPOILED  WHICH WOULD PERMIT AN INTERIM RECONCILIATION AT ANY TIME DURING
 VOTING; AND (III) PROVIDES FOR BALLOT RECONCILIATION  AT  THE  CLOSE  OF
 POLLS  TO  VERIFY  THAT  THE  NUMBER OF BALLOTS DISTRIBUTED TO VOTERS OR
 SPOILED WHEN ADDED TO UNVOTED  BALLOTS  EQUALS  THE  NUMBER  OF  BALLOTS
 RECEIVED BY THE INSPECTORS FOR THE ELECTION.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS CHAPTER REQUIRING THAT A
 BALLOT CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE SHEETS BE PROVIDED TO THE  VOTER  AS  A
 SINGLE BALLOT DIVIDED BY A LINE OF PERFORATIONS, SUCH PERFORATED BALLOTS
 SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED AND SUCH BALLOT MAY BE PROVIDED TO THE VOTER AS
 SEPARATE, UNCONNECTED SHEETS PROVIDED: (I) THE BALLOTS CLEARLY INFORM  A
 VOTER  THAT THE VOTER MUST RECEIVE THE NUMBER OF BALLOT SHEETS THE VOTER
 IS ENTITLED TO, SPECIFYING SUCH NUMBER, AND (II) EACH SUCH BALLOT  SHEET
 SHALL BE PROMINENTLY LABELED AS "BALLOT SHEET (HERE INSERT THE NUMBER OF
 THE  BALLOT SHEET) OF (HERE INSERT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHEETS COMPRISING
 THE BALLOT)."
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11127-01-9

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