Relates to annual reports of the boards of elections; requires such reports be made available on the boards' websites; requires that the reports include specific performance metrics.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1707
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 annual reports of the
boards of elections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 3-212 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 90 of the laws of 1991, is amended
3 and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
4 (a) Each board of elections shall make an annual report of its affairs
5 and proceedings to its local legislative body once every twelve months
6 and no later than the last day of January in any year. A copy of said
7 annual report shall be filed with the state board of elections and shall
8 be made available to the public on the website maintained by any board
9 of elections, including the state board of elections, no later than five
10 days after said report is delivered to the state board.
11 (c) Said annual report, as required by paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
12 sion, shall include the following performance metrics for the preceding
13 calendar year:
14 (1) The number of elections administered in the preceding calendar
15 year, including all primary, general and special elections, listed by
16 date with the offices included in each election and any referendum ques-
17 tions;
18 (2) The number of ballots delivered to each poll site, the number of
19 ballots cast by scanning at each poll site scanner, and the number of
20 ballots counted at each county board of elections office, including a
21 separate listing for the number of emergency, absentee, military and
22 overseas ballots counted at each county board of elections office;
23 (3) The number of election inspectors and poll clerks employed for
24 each election, the total number of unfilled election inspector or poll
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 clerk positions for each election and the number of poll sites with
2 absent election inspectors or poll clerks for each election;
3 (4) The number of poll workers who attended trainings, the total
4 number of training sessions offered per election, and the number of
5 adjunct trainers hired per election;
6 (5) The number of interpreters employed per language per election and
7 the location of polling places where interpreters were deployed;
8 (6) The total number of polling places per election, the total number
9 of scanners deployed for each election, the total number of scanners
10 which required repair on each election day, the total number of scanners
11 requiring replacement on each election day, the total number of staff
12 from the voting equipment vendor employed on each election day and a
13 breakdown of costs incurred for repair and replacement on each election
14 day;
15 (7) The number of poll site accessibility waivers requested and the
16 number of poll site accessibility waivers obtained for each election,
17 the number of ballot marking devices deployed for each election and the
18 number of ballots created by ballot marking devices for each election;
19 (8) The number of candidate petitions processed for each election, the
20 number of petition hearings conducted for each election and the number
21 of hearing appeals filed for each election;
22 (9) The total number of voter registration applications sorted by
23 party and, for the board of elections of the city of New York, by
24 borough, indicating the number of voter registration applications proc-
25 essed by the department of motor vehicles and, for board of elections of
26 the city of New York, by agencies utilizing code "9" registration forms
27 and by the city university of New York utilizing code "D" registration
28 forms;
29 (10) Metrics indicating website usage, including the number of unique
30 visitors and total hits to the website maintained by each board of
31 elections and to any on-line poll location locator on a per month and
32 annual basis; and
33 (11) The number of complaints received regarding poll worker conduct
34 per election, the number of investigations into complaints performed,
35 the average length of investigation into complaints, the number of
36 complaints resolved and the resulting actions taken.
37 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
