Assembly Bill A925

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires an automatic recanvass of ballots in certain elections

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2021-A925 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9-207, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8901
2019-2020: A3357
2023-2024: A656

2021-A925 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring an automatic recanvass of ballots in certain election contests.

2021-A925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    925
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CARROLL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring an  automatic
   manual recanvass and audit of votes where the difference between votes
   cast  for  two  candidates that determines a candidate's nomination or
   election to office is less than  one-half  of  one  percent  of  total
   ballots cast
 
   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  9-207
 to read as follows:
   §  9-207.  AUTOMATIC  MANUAL  RECANVASS AND AUDIT OF VOTES. 1.  WITHIN
 FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER EACH GENERAL, SPECIAL OR PRIMARY ELECTION, AND WITHIN
 SEVEN DAYS AFTER EVERY VILLAGE ELECTION, WHERE  THE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN
 THE  VOTES  CAST FOR TWO CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO OFFICE
 THAT DETERMINES THE NOMINATION OR ELECTION IS LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF  ONE
 PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  BALLOTS  CAST  ON WHICH THE CONTEST
 APPEARED, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY, OR A BIPARTISAN COMMIT-
 TEE OF OR APPOINTED BY SAID BOARD, SHALL MANUALLY RECOUNT THE VOTES CAST
 IN EACH ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THE CONTEST APPEARED ON  THE  BALLOT,
 INCLUDING  ANY  OVERVOTES,  UNDERVOTES, BLANK VOTES OR THEIR EQUIVALENT.
 NO PERSON WHO WAS A CANDIDATE AT SUCH ELECTION  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  TO
 MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMITTEE.
   2.  SUCH  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS OR BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE SHALL CONDUCT A
 COMPLETE MANUAL AUDIT OF VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER AUDIT RECORDS  ON  WHICH
 THE  CONTEST  APPEARED  FROM  EVERY  VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM WITHIN THE
 JURISDICTION OF SUCH BOARD OR COMMITTEE.  SAID BOARD OR COMMITTEE  SHALL
 ALSO  MAKE  A  RECANVASS OF ANY ELECTION DAY PAPER BALLOTS THAT HAVE NOT
 BEEN SCANNED AND WERE  HAND  COUNTED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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