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A00267 Summary:

A00267 Actions:

A00267 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Cusick      
DATE:06/06/2017AYE/NAY:16/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Cusick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Galef
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Kavanagh
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Vanel
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/12/2017AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Butler
Aye
Farrell
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Finch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Raia
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Excused
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye

A00267 Floor Votes:

A00267 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         267--C
                                                                   R. R. 124
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  BENEDETTO,  BUCHWALD,  ABINANTI,
          SEPULVEDA, GALEF --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
          said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the  Commit-
          tee  on  Rules  --  ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and
          delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote  reconsidered,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place on the special
          order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  posting
          of sample ballots on a board of elections website
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
     2  157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
     4  provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
     5  of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
     6  shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
     7  shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
     8  illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
     9  ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
    10  polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
    11  board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
    12  election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
    13  published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
    14  papers representing the major political parties.  Each county  board  of
    15  elections  shall transmit electronically in a format to be determined by
    16  the state board of elections, as it is available, a copy of  the  candi-
    17  date  and  contest information contained on each of its ballot styles to
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01716-11-7
        A. 267--C                           2
 
     1  the state board of elections. The state board shall create a  system  to
     2  allow such information to be made publicly available via its website, as
     3  well  as the website of any county board of elections, and in such a way
     4  as  to be accessible with a computer screen-reading program. One copy of
     5  such facsimile shall be sent to each school in the county, providing the
     6  ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory education, and in the city
     7  of New York to each such school in the city of New York,  at  least  one
     8  week  before  each general election for posting at a convenient place in
     9  such school. The board of elections shall also send a  facsimile  ballot
    10  to any other school requesting such a ballot.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.