Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 24, 2023 | print number 6169a |
Apr 24, 2023 | amend and recommit to elections |
Mar 31, 2023 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S6169A
Sponsored By
Cordell Cleare
(D) 30th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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S6169 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5934
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1-104, 7-104 & 7-106, El L
S6169 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6169 SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give voters the option, at every polling place, to mark a paper ballot by hand or with a nontabulating ballot marking device. To change the phrase "polling place" to "election district" in two statutes requiring identical ballots in every polling place because ballots may not be able to be identical in every election district in a polling place due to differing contests or propositions on the ballot. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides that this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York" (VIVA NY).
S6169 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6169 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 enacting the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)". § 2. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 40 to read as follows: 40. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE TERM "NONTABULAT- ING BALLOT MARKING DEVICE OR SYSTEM" MEANS A VOTING MACHINE OR SYSTEM THAT CAN MARK A VOTER'S SELECTIONS ON A PAPER BALLOT, BUT IS NOT INTENDED, DESIGNED OR CONSTRUCTED TO COUNT VOTES. § 3. Subdivision 26 of section 7-104 of the election law, as added by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 26. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same [polling place] ELECTION DISTRICT shall be identical. EACH VOTER IS ENTITLED TO THE USE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, DURABLE, VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOT OF THE VOTER'S VOTE THAT SHALL BE PRIVATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY MARKED IN THE POLLING PLACE AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE AND INDEPENDENT INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION BY THE VOTER BEFORE THE VOTER'S VOTE IS CAST AND COUNTED, AND PROVIDE FOR THE VOTER'S ABILITY TO PRIVATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY CHANGE SUCH VOTES OR CORRECT ANY ERROR BEFORE THE BALLOT IS CAST AND COUNTED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "INDIVIDUAL, VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOT" MEANS EITHER (A) A PAPER BALLOT MARKED BY THE VOTER BY HAND; OR (B) A PAPER BALLOT MARKED THROUGH THE USE OF A NONTABULATING BALLOT MARKING DEVICE OR SYSTEM; PROVIDED THAT VOTERS SHALL HAVE BOTH OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN EVERY POLLING PLACE, AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT MACHINES PURCHASED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT ARE INTENDED, DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED TO MARK, TABU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10156-01-3
S6169A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5934
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1-104, 7-104 & 7-106, El L
S6169A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6169A SPONSOR: CLEARE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)" PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give voters the option, at every polling place, to mark a paper ballot by hand or with a nontabulating ballot marking device. To change the phrase "polling place" to "election district" in two statutes requiring identical ballots in every polling place because ballots may not be able to be identical in every election district in a polling place due to differing contests or ballot proposals on the ballot. This bill would guarantee that all voters can verify the selections on their ballots. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides that this act shall be known and may be cited as the
S6169A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6169--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)". § 2. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 40 and 41 to read as follows: 40. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE TERM "NONTABULAT- ING BALLOT MARKING DEVICE" MEANS A VOTING MACHINE THAT CANNOT AND DOES NOT COUNT OR TRANSMIT VOTES AND DOES NOT RETAIN ANY OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE VOTERS' SELECTIONS, BUT CAN MARK OR PRINT VOTERS' SELECTIONS AND HAVE THOSE SELECTIONS PRINTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL, VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOT. 41. THE TERM "HUMAN READABLE PAPER BALLOT" MEANS A PAPER BALLOT WHERE ALL THE CANDIDATES, BALLOT PROPOSALS AND SELECTIONS THAT COULD BE TABU- LATED ARE READABLE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE, OTHER THAN EYEGLASSES OR OTHER STANDARD PERSONAL VISION ENHANCING DEVICES. § 3. Subdivision 26 of section 7-104 of the election law, as added by chapter 411 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 26. All paper ballots of the same kind for the same [polling place] ELECTION DISTRICT shall be identical. EACH VOTER VOTING IN A POLLING PLACE IS ENTITLED TO THE USE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOT OF THE VOTER'S VOTE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARK IT PRIVATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE TERM "INDIVIDUAL, VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOT" MEANS A HUMAN READABLE PAPER BALLOT THAT IS EITHER (A) A MARKED BY THE VOTER BY HAND; OR (B) MARKED THROUGH THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10156-03-3
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