senate Bill S612

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 29, 2023 amended on third reading 612a
Mar 29, 2023 vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
returned to senate
recalled from assembly
Jan 10, 2023 referred to election law
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 09, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.11
reported and committed to rules
Jan 05, 2023 referred to elections

Votes

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Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

S612
6
0
committee
6
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

aye wr (1)

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S612
16
3
committee
16
Aye
3
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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S612 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1244
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-304, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4542, A7561

S612 - Summary

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee with the exception of district leaders from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

S612 - Sponsor Memo

S612 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    612
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, MAY -- 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  prohibiting  conflicts
   of interest among board of elections employees
 
   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  3-304
 to read as follows:
   §  3-304.  BOARD  EMPLOYEES;  CONFLICTS  OF  INTEREST.  1. NO BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE SHALL ENGAGE IN OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY TRADE OR  BUSI-
 NESS  WHICH  CREATES,  OR  MAY  TEND  TO  CREATE, AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL
 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE  SHALL  MAINTAIN  A
 FINANCIAL  INTEREST,  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY,  IN  A COMPANY PROVIDING
 SERVICES TO A CANDIDATE WHO HAS AN ELECTION OVERSEEN BY SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S
 OFFICE,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PRINTING COMPANIES, ELECTION
 CONSULTING COMPANIES, DIRECT MAIL COMPANIES AND DIGITAL MARKETING COMPA-
 NIES. NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE SHALL MAINTAIN A  FINANCIAL  INTER-
 EST,  DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY, IN OR BE EMPLOYED BY A VENDOR OR COMPANY
 THAT SELLS VOTING MACHINES,  ELECTRONIC  POLLBOOKS,  PRINTERS  OR  OTHER
 TECHNICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.  A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  CAUSE  FOR  DISCIPLINE BY THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE.
   2. NO BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  EMPLOYEE  SHALL  REMAIN  ON  THE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  PAYROLL  WHILE  ALSO  A  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN OFFICE WHO HAS AN
 ELECTION OVERSEEN BY THE BOARD AT  WHICH  THEY  ARE  EMPLOYED.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF THIS ARTICLE, A BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE SHALL BE DEEMED
 A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE UPON THE FILING OF DESIGNATING PETITIONS
 FOR SUCH OFFICE OR, WHERE NOMINATIONS FOR SUCH  OFFICE  ARE  MADE  OTHER
 THAN  BY  PETITION,  UPON  ACCEPTANCE OF A NOMINATION. SUCH EMPLOYEE MAY
 REMAIN IN "LEAVE WITHOUT PAY" STATUS UNTIL  SUCH  TIME  AS  HIS  OR  HER
 CANDIDACY  SHALL  CEASE,  OR UPON THE DAY FOLLOWING THE CERTIFICATION OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02172-01-3

Co-Sponsors

S612A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1244
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-304, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4542, A7561

S612A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee with the exception of district leaders from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

S612A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S612A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  612--A
     Cal. No. 11
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- reported
   favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on  Rules
   -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading,
   passed  by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote recon-
   sidered, restored to third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting conflicts
   of interest among board of elections employees
 
   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 3-304
 to read as follows:
   § 3-304. BOARD EMPLOYEES;  CONFLICTS  OF  INTEREST.  1.  NO  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  EMPLOYEE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A DISTRICT LEADER AS OUTLINED
 IN SECTION 2-110 OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL ENGAGE IN OR PARTICIPATE IN  ANY
 TRADE  OR  BUSINESS  WHICH  CREATES, OR MAY TEND TO CREATE, AN ACTUAL OR
 POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE, WITH THE
 EXCEPTION OF A DISTRICT LEADER AS OUTLINED  IN  SECTION  2-110  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER, SHALL MAINTAIN A FINANCIAL INTEREST, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN
 A COMPANY PROVIDING SERVICES TO A CANDIDATE WHO HAS AN ELECTION OVERSEEN
 BY SUCH EMPLOYEE'S OFFICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PRINTING COMPA-
 NIES,  ELECTION  CONSULTING COMPANIES, DIRECT MAIL COMPANIES AND DIGITAL
 MARKETING COMPANIES. NO BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEE, WITH THE  EXCEPTION
 OF A DISTRICT LEADER AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 2-110 OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL
 MAINTAIN A FINANCIAL INTEREST, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR BE EMPLOYED
 BY A VENDOR OR COMPANY THAT SELLS VOTING MACHINES, ELECTRONIC POLLBOOKS,
 PRINTERS OR OTHER TECHNICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.  A VIOLATION OF ANY
 OF  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CAUSE FOR DISCIPLINE BY
 THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING REMOVAL  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS
 EMPLOYEE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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