STATE OF NEW YORK
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1670
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, GOUNARDES, PALUMBO -- 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 ballots that contain
the name of a candidate who previously withdrew from an election
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 7-202 of the election law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph u to read as follows:
3 u. for elections held on or after January first, two thousand twenty-
4 five, reject any ballot cast by a voter which contains a vote for a
5 candidate that withdrew his or her name as a candidate for election
6 prior to such election and whose name appears on the ballot. Upon
7 rejection of such ballot, the voting machine shall provide notice to the
8 voter that the ballot has been rejected. Such notice shall also state
9 the name of the person who is not longer a candidate and a statement
10 that the voter must complete a new ballot. The state board of elections
11 is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the
12 implementation of this paragraph.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. Effective immediate-
14 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
15 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
16 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04127-01-3
