Relates to prohibiting boards of elections from entering into contracts for certain services related to the conduct of elections with entities that have made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3145
SPONSOR: Carroll R TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting boards of
elections from entering into certain contracts with entities that have
made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten
years
PURPOSE:
This bill will protect the integrity of the voting and electoral process
by prohibiting the state board of elections from contracting with enti-
ties that have political ties.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends the election law by adding a new subdivision to
prohibit the state board of elections from contracting with entities
that have made political contributions of any amount in the past 10
years for the purposes of designing, managing, and processing ballots,
affidavits, petitions and any items associated with the voting and
election ballot process.
Section two establishes an immediate effective date. JUSTIFICATION: In
2020,a Rochester-based commercial printing company with political inter-
ests delivered invalid mail-in ballots to voters in the borough of
Brooklyn in New York City. As a result, a great number of voters were at
risk of being ineligible to vote. It further has been found that the
firm in question has consistently made political donations to one of the
two major political parties. Effort must be made to preserve the integ-
rity of our electoral process by prohibiting contractors with political
interests from managing voter registration material and election
ballots.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.9900/S.3798 of 2021-22;
A.1558/S.1624 of 2023-24
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3145
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting boards of
elections from entering into certain contracts with entities that have
made any political campaign donations of any amount in the last ten
years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
3 4-a. Except where expressly permitted by law, the state board of
4 elections shall not enter into any contract or agreement with any
5 person, firm, corporation, or other entity, that has made any political
6 campaign donations of any amount in the last ten years, for the prepara-
7 tion, design, printing, mailing, distribution, delivery, processing, or
8 counting of ballots, affidavits, petitions, applications, or other
9 papers and materials involved in the conduct of elections and the
10 canvass of results under this chapter.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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