Assembly Bill A347A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Empowers the commissioner of a board of elections to order certain audits upon a finding of discrepancies

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  • 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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2025-A347 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8448
2021-2022: A913
2023-2024: A876

2025-A347 - Summary

Relates to empowering the commissioner of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a finding of discrepancies and shall also be empowered to order an audit of a particular contest.

2025-A347 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    347
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, REYES, RIVERA, SAYEGH, SIMON, DeSTEFANO,
   BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to empowering the  commis-
   sioner  of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a
   finding of discrepancies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 9-211 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 763 of the laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  The state board of elections shall, in accordance with subdivision
 four of section 3-100 of this chapter, promulgate regulations establish-
 ing a uniform statewide standard to be used by boards  of  elections  to
 determine  when  a  discrepancy between the audit tallies and the voting
 machine or system tallies  shall  require  a  further  voter  verifiable
 record  audit  of  additional  voting  machines or systems or a complete
 audit of all machines or systems within the jurisdiction of a  board  of
 elections.  Any  COMMISSIONER OF A board of elections shall be empowered
 to order that any such  audit  shall  be  conducted  whenever  any  such
 discrepancy exists.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01047-01-5

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2025-A347A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8448
2021-2022: A913
2023-2024: A876

2025-A347A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to empowering the commissioner of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a finding of discrepancies and shall also be empowered to order an audit of a particular contest.

2025-A347A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  347--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, REYES, RIVERA, SAYEGH, SIMON, DeSTEFANO,
   BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to empowering the commis-
   sioner of a board of elections to order certain audits upon a  finding
   of discrepancies
 
   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  "election
 commissioner authorization act of New York (ECAA)".
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 9-211 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 763 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The state board of elections shall, in accordance with subdivision
 four of section 3-100 of this chapter, promulgate regulations establish-
 ing a uniform statewide standard to be used by boards  of  elections  to
 determine  when  a  discrepancy between the audit tallies and the voting
 machine or system tallies  shall  require  a  further  voter  verifiable
 record  audit  of  additional  voting  machines or systems or a complete
 audit of all machines or systems within the jurisdiction of a  board  of
 elections.  Any  COMMISSIONER OF A board of elections shall be empowered
 to order that any such  audit  shall  be  conducted  whenever  any  such
 discrepancy  exists  AND  SHALL ALSO BE EMPOWERED TO ORDER AN AUDIT OF A
 PARTICULAR CONTEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01047-02-5

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