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Senate Bill S9024

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes designating letters on ballots

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2025-S9024 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11192
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-104, El L

2025-S9024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes designating letters for rows and columns on ballots.

2025-S9024 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9024
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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  removing  designating
   letters on ballots
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 7-104  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  411  of  the  laws  of 2019, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. The ballot shall have printed upon it in black ink for  each  party
 or  independent  row,  at the head of the column or the beginning of the
 row containing the names of candidates, the name of the party  or  inde-
 pendent body [and the designating letter of the row or column].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13920-03-5

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