Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2023 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S7426
Sponsored By
Kevin Thomas
(D) 6th 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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S7426 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4062
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7-118, El L
S7426 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7426 SPONSOR: THOMAS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of elections to post sample ballots PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill directs the Board of Elections to establish a searchable data- base allowing voters to preview a sample of the ballot that the voter will be given at their polling location. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 7-118 of the election law, as it relates to sample ballots, by requiring the Board of Elections to create a searcha- ble database of sample ballots for each polling place. JUSTIFICATION:
S7426 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7426 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- 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 requiring the board of elections to post sample ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL POST A SAMPLE BALLOT FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT IN THE STATE ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE AT LEAST TWELVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. THE BOARD SHALL POST SUCH SAMPLE BALLOTS IN A SEARCHABLE DATABASE WHICH ALLOWS VOTERS TO PUT IN THEIR NAME, ADDRESS AND DATE OF BIRTH AND THEN PROVIDES THE VOTER WITH THEIR POLLING PLACE INFORMATION, VOTER INFORMATION, VOTER DISTRICT INFORMATION AND A SAMPLE OF THE BALLOT SUCH VOTER WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO CAST AT THE NEXT ELECTION. SAMPLE BALLOTS SHALL HAVE AN EMBEDDED SECURITY TOOL TO PREVENT TAMPERING AND PRINTING OF SUCH SAMPLE BALLOTS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03384-01-3
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