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Senate Bill S470
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S470 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A503
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง7-108, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A5874
2009-S470 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S470 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to the form of election ballots PURPOSE : This bill will address the need for boldfaced, ten point type and underlined on any official material, such as a ballot, voting machine, or any display or document, containing instructions for a particular office such as, "vote for any ", (the blank space to be filled with the number of persons to be nominated for the office or elected to the position). SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Amends Section 1 of subdivision 3 of section 7-108 of the election law. JUSTIFICATION : For many people the instructions in fine print in the ballot machine, are not easily read. The present typeset goes unnoticed by many voters. Without added clarification, voters can miss what may be crucial to them. This bill will give the voting public a greater awareness and understanding of the ballot.
2009-S470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 470 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUGER, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SAMPSON, SCHNEIDERMAN, SMITH, STAVISKY -- 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 the form of election ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7-108 of the election law is amended to read as follows: 3. In every instance where multiple casting of votes is permitted for two or more candidates for the same office or position, the instruction on the ballot or machine shall read "Vote for any.........", (the blank space to be filled with the number of persons to be nominated for the office or elected to the position). SUCH INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BALLOT OR MACHINE OR ON ANY DISPLAY OR DOCUMENT CONTAINING SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL BE IN BOLD-FACED, TEN POINT TYPE AND UNDERLINED FOR THE NUMBER AFTER THE WORDS "VOTE FOR ANY" NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01194-01-9
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