Assembly Bill A7450

                             
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                                   7450
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. LEVENBERG, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to availability  of  elec-
   tronic ballot images
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-222  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  169  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Except as hereinafter provided, removable  memory  cards  or  other
 similar  electronic  media  shall remain sealed against reuse until such
 time as the information stored on such media has  been  preserved  in  a
 manner consistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state
 board  of elections. Provided, however, that: (I) the information stored
 on such MEMORY CARD OR OTHER SIMILAR electronic media and all  the  data
 and figures therein may be examined upon the order of any court or judge
 of  competent  jurisdiction  or  may  be  examined at the direction of a
 committee of the senate or  assembly  to  investigate  and  report  upon
 contested  elections  of members of the legislature voted for by the use
 of voting machines utilizing such electronic media  and  such  data  and
 such  figures  examined by such committee in the presence of the officer
 having the custody of voting machines and electronic media; AND (II) THE
 ELECTRONICALLY RENDERED IMAGE OF  EACH  CAST  BALLOT  PRODUCED  BY  EACH
 BALLOT  SCANNER  USED AT AN ELECTION AND THE CAST VOTE RECORD THAT SHOWS
 HOW THE BALLOT IMAGE WAS INTERPRETED SHALL BE  COPIED  FROM  THE  MEMORY
 CARDS  OR  OTHER  SIMILAR  ELECTRONIC MEDIA BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO
 LATER THAN ONE WEEK AFTER SUCH  ELECTION,  AND  SUCH  COPIED  ELECTRONIC
 IMAGES OF CAST BALLOTS AND THE CAST VOTE RECORDS SHALL BE PUBLIC RECORDS
 OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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