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A07950 Summary:

BILL NO	A07950
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Brown K
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §7-104, El L
Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal.

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A07950 Actions:

BILL NO	A07950
08/18/2023	referred to election law
01/03/2024	referred to election law

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A07950 Committee Votes:

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A07950 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7950
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     August 18, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that choices
          of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a  brief  phrase
          stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question
          or proposal

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 7-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
     3    15-a. (a) When a question or proposal is included on the ballot, there
     4  shall  be the following with the description of the question or proposal
     5  for each type of vote which can be chosen:
     6    "A (type of vote) vote shall have the effect of (the positive or nega-
     7  tive effects of the type of vote winning such question or proposal)."
     8    (b) The language required by this subdivision shall be written by  the
     9  secretary  of  state and approved by the attorney general. Such language
    10  shall be posted on the secretary of state's website after being approved
    11  by the attorney general and  before  the  date  on  which  the  official
    12  ballots are sent to be printed.
    13    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    14  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06517-01-3

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