S06735 Summary:

BILL NOS06735
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08448
 
SPONSORMYRIE
 
COSPNSRBIAGGI, MAYER, SKOUFIS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §9-211, El L
 
Relates to empowering the commissioner of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a finding of discrepancies.
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S06735 Actions:

BILL NOS06735
 
09/20/2019REFERRED TO RULES
01/08/2020REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
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S06735 Committee Votes:

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S06735 Floor Votes:

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S06735 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6735
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                   September 20, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to empowering the  commis-
          sioner  of a board of elections to order a voting machine audit upon a
          finding of discrepancies

          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 9-211 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 515 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  The state board of elections shall, in accordance with subdivision
     5  four of section 3-100 of this chapter, promulgate regulations establish-
     6  ing a uniform statewide standard to be used by boards  of  elections  to
     7  determine  when  a  discrepancy between the audit tallies and the voting
     8  machine or system tallies  shall  require  a  further  voter  verifiable
     9  record  audit  of  additional  voting  machines or systems or a complete
    10  audit of all machines or systems within the jurisdiction of a  board  of
    11  elections.  Any  commissioner of a board of elections shall be empowered
    12  to order that any such  audit  shall  be  conducted  whenever  any  such
    13  discrepancy exists.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13204-02-9
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