Provides for the state board of elections to undertake a study of the feasibility for voting by mail, telephone and/or the internet; authorizes a pilot program for such voting during the study; requires a report to the governor and legislature.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6716
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, REILLY, MILLMAN, COLTON, SCHROEDER,
CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, EDDINGTON, JOHN,
SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT providing for the state board of elections to undertake a study
on the feasibility of permitting voting by mail, telephone and/or the
internet and to establish pilot projects relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state board of elections shall undertake a study on the
2 feasibility of permitting voting by mail, telephone and/or the internet.
3 Such study shall include but not be limited to evaluation of the ability
4 of verifying votes by mail, telephone and/or the internet and the impact
5 on the number of the electorate voting in primary and general elections.
6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, at any
7 primary or general election during the undertaking of such study, the
8 state board of elections may provide a pilot program permitting voting
9 by mail, telephone and/or the internet. The state board of elections
10 shall submit such study including recommendations to the governor and
11 state legislature within twenty-four months of the effective date of
12 this act.
13 § 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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