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Assembly Bill A9314

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits local boards of elections from purchasing direct recording electronic machines

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2025-A9314 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-202, El L

2025-A9314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits local boards of elections from purchasing direct recording electronic machines; requires local boards of elections to provide hand marking and ballot marking device options at all polling places.

2025-A9314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9314
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  local
   boards  of  elections  from  purchasing  direct  recording  electronic
   machines
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 7-202 of the election law, as
 added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, is amended and a new  subdivi-
 sion 5 is added to read as follows:
   4.  Local boards of elections which obtain voting machines pursuant to
 this chapter [may determine to] SHALL purchase [direct  recording  elec-
 tronic  machines  or]  optical scan machines THAT TABULATE PAPER BALLOTS
 MARKED BY HAND THAT COMPLY WITH  SECTION  7-104  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND
 BALLOT  MARKING DEVICES THAT COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 BUT DO NOT TABULATE VOTES, in conformance with the requirements of  this
 chapter.
   5. LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS MUST PROVIDE EVERY VOTER AT EVERY POLLING
 PLACE, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:
   (A)  TO  HAND  MARK A PAPER BALLOT THAT COMPLIES WITH SECTION 7-104 OF
 THIS ARTICLE; OR
   (B) TO USE A BALLOT MARKING DEVICE THAT DOES  NOT  TABULATE  VOTES  TO
 MARK SUCH PAPER BALLOT.
   § 2. Voting machines and systems purchased prior to the effective date
 of  this act may continue to be used and maintained if they are designed
 and constructed to utilize paper ballots that comply with section  7-104
 of the election law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14049-01-5

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