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A08394 Summary:

BILL NOA08394
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §9-211, El L
 
Requires audits by hand recount of voter verifiable audit records.
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A08394 Actions:

BILL NOA08394
 
12/13/2023referred to election law
01/03/2024referred to election law
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A08394 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8394
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to audits by hand recount
          of voter verifiable audit records
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 9-211 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 763 of the laws  of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  Within fifteen days after each general or special election, within
     5  thirteen days after every primary election, and within seven days  after
     6  every village election conducted by the board of elections, the board of
     7  elections  or a bipartisan committee appointed by such board shall audit
     8  the voter verifiable audit records from three percent of voting machines
     9  or systems within the jurisdiction of  such  board.  Such  audits  [may]
    10  shall  be  performed  [manually  or  via  the  use of any automated tool
    11  authorized for such use by the state board of elections which  is  inde-
    12  pendent  from  the  voting  system  it is being used to audit] by a hand
    13  recount. Voting machines or systems shall be selected for audit  through
    14  a random, manual process. At least five days prior to the time fixed for
    15  such  selection  process,  the  board  of elections shall send notice by
    16  first class mail to each candidate, political party and independent body
    17  entitled to have had watchers present  at  the  polls  in  any  election
    18  district  in such board's jurisdiction. Such notice shall state the time
    19  and place fixed for such random selection process. The  audit  shall  be
    20  conducted  in the same manner, to the extent applicable, as a canvass of
    21  paper ballots. Each candidate, political party or independent body enti-
    22  tled to appoint watchers to attend at a polling place shall be  entitled
    23  to appoint such number of watchers to observe the audit.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
        A                                                          LBD02262-01-3
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