Senate Bill S2385

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to construction of voting machines and systems

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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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2023-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7-104, 7-200 & 7-202, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6733
2021-2022: S309

2023-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.

2023-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2385
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE,  ADDABBO,  BAILEY, BRESLIN, BROUK, CLEARE,
   COMRIE, COONEY, GIANARIS, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY,  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  JACKSON,
   KAVANAGH,  KRUEGER,  MAY,  MAYER,  PARKER,  RIVERA,  SALAZAR, SKOUFIS,
   STAVISKY -- 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 construction of and
   requirements for voting machines and systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  7-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 28 to read as follows:
   28. THE BALLOT SHALL BE  MARKED  OR  PRINTED  ON  DURABLE  PAPER.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DURABLE PAPER" IS DEFINED AS PAPER CAPABLE OF
 WITHSTANDING  MULTIPLE  COUNTS  AND  RECOUNTS BY HAND OR MACHINE WITHOUT
 COMPROMISING THE FUNDAMENTAL INTEGRITY OF THE BALLOTS,  AND  CAPABLE  OF
 RETAINING  THE  INFORMATION MARKED OR PRINTED ON SUCH PAPER FOR THE FULL
 DURATION OF A RETENTION AND PRESERVATION PERIOD  SET  FORTH  IN  SECTION
 3-222 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 7-200 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board  of  elections of the city of New York and other county
 boards of elections may adopt any  kind  of  voting  machine  or  system
 approved  by  the state board of elections, or the use of which has been
 specifically authorized by law; and thereupon  such  voting  machine  or
 system  may  be  used  at  any or all elections and shall be used at all
 general or special elections held by such boards in such city,  town  or
 village  and in every contested primary election in the city of New York
 and in every contested primary election outside the city of New York  in
 which  there are one thousand or more enrolled voters qualified to vote.
 [No more than two types of voting machines or systems may be used by any
 local board of elections at  a  single  election.]  Notwithstanding  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04070-01-3
              

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