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A06741 Summary:

A06741 Actions:

A06741 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Walker      
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:10/5  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Walker
Aye
Slater
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Carroll RC
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Taylor
Aye
Tague
Nay
Jacobson
Aye
Brook-Krasny
Nay
Mamdani
Absent
Gallagher
Aye
Rivera
Aye
Chandler-Waterm
Aye
Wieder
Aye
Carroll P 
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:05/29/2025AYE/NAY:18/9  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Glick
Aye
Ra
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Nay
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Excused
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A06741 Floor Votes:

A06741 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6741--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 11, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENDETT,
          DeSTEFANO, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GLICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, JACOBSON, KELLES,
          LUNSFORD,  MAGNARELLI,  NOVAKHOV, RAGA, SHIMSKY, SIMON, TAYLOR, WALKER
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  state  and
          county boards of elections to post sample ballots
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 7-118 of  the  election  law,  as
     2  separately  amended  by  chapters  410  and  411 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the  board  of  elections  to  each
     5  eligible  voter  at  least  three  days before the [election, or in lieu
     6  thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be  published  at  least  once
     7  within  one  week  preceding  the election in newspapers or on a website
     8  maintained by the board of elections] first day of early voting.    Each
     9  county  board  of elections shall transmit electronically in a format to
    10  be determined by the state board of elections, as  it  is  available,  a
    11  copy  [of the candidate and contest information contained on each of its
    12  ballot styles] of a sample ballot for all election districts within that
    13  county to the state board of elections. [The state board shall create  a
    14  system  to  allow such information to be made publicly available via its
    15  website, as well as the website of any county board of elections, and in
    16  such a way as to be accessible with a computer screen-reading program.]
    17    § 2. Section 7-118 of the election law is amended by  adding  two  new
    18  subdivisions 3-a and 3-b to read as follows:
    19    3-a.  The state board of elections shall post a sample ballot for each
    20  election district in the state on the board's website  at  least  twelve
    21  days  prior  to the first day of early voting. The board shall post such
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07649-02-5
        A. 6741--A                          2
 
     1  sample ballots in a searchable database which allows  voters  to  obtain
     2  polling site information, voter district information and a sample ballot
     3  that  such  voter shall be eligible to cast at the next election. Sample
     4  ballots  shall  have  an embedded security tool to prevent tampering and
     5  printing of such sample ballots.
     6    3-b. Each county board of elections may post a sample ballot for  each
     7  election  district  within that county at least twelve days prior to the
     8  first day of early voting. A county board that posts such sample ballots
     9  shall do so in a searchable database that allows voters to obtain  poll-
    10  ing site information and a sample ballot that such voter shall be eligi-
    11  ble  to  cast  in  the  next election. Such sample ballots shall have an
    12  embedded security tool to prevent tampering and printing of such ballot.
    13  Such county board of elections may also refer  to  the  state  board  of
    14  elections'  website  for  such  information  to be delivered pursuant to
    15  subdivision three-a of this section.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.