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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to election law |
Feb 19, 2021 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A5558
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALKER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Al Taylor
2021-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §8-414, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
A10994
2021-A5558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5558 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing the state board of elections to implement a ballot tracking system for use by absentee ballot voters to track the status of their ballots 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 8-414 to read as follows: § 8-414. ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TRACKING OF. 1. NOT LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL IMPLEMENT A BALLOT TRACKING SYSTEM THAT REGISTERED VOTERS CAN UTILIZE TO TRACK THE STATUS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL TRACK ABSENTEE BALLOTS UTILIZING VOTER ROLL DATA FROM THE STATE AND THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES' INTELLIGENT MAIL BARCODE DATA SPECIFIC TO ELECTION MAIL. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL MAKE THE BALLOT TRACKING SYSTEM AVAILABLE FOR USE BY EACH COUNTY BOARD. SUCH SYSTEM SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH A CLEARLY DESIGNATED WEBPAGE OR LINK ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS' WEBSITE AND THROUGH A LINK ON THE WEBSITE OF EACH COUNTY BOARD. 2. (A) THE BALLOT TRACKING SYSTEM SHALL ENABLE A REGISTERED VOTER TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF HIS OR HER ABSENTEE BALLOT BY ENTERING THE VOTER'S NAME, THE ADDRESS AT WHICH THE VOTER IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE AND A VALID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN). DATA ENTERED TO SEARCH FOR THE BALLOT STATUS MUST MATCH THE DATA ON THE VOTER'S ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION. (B) VOTERS WISHING TO TRACK THE STATUS OF THEIR ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHALL REGISTER WITH THE BALLOT TRACKING SYSTEM USING THE DATA ON THE VOTER'S ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION. EACH VOTER REGISTERED WITH THE SYSTEM SHALL CREATE AN INDIVIDUAL PIN. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07620-01-1
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