STATE OF NEW YORK
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1318
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to affidavit ballots
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-318
2 to read as follows:
3 § 8-318. Affidavit ballots. The state board of elections shall estab-
4 lish reasonable procedures to assure the timely processing and counting
5 of affidavit ballots, including:
6 1. standards for timely processing and counting to assure that, after
7 the conclusion of the affidavit vote count, parties and candidates may
8 have full, timely, and effective recourse to the recount and contest
9 procedures; and
10 2. standards for the informed participation of candidates and parties
11 such as are consistent with reasonable procedures to protect the securi-
12 ty, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information collected in
13 the course of the processing and counting of affidavit ballots.
14 § 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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