senate Bill S7426

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the board of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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May 24, 2023 referred to elections

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) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

S7426 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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