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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Assembly Bill A1540
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GALEF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Ellen C. Jaffee
Michelle Schimel
Barbara Lifton
Amy Paulin
multi-Sponsors
Edward Braunstein
Kevin Cahill
Clifford Crouch
Joseph Giglio
2013-A1540 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง7-106, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A1536
2013-A1540 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires paper ballots have a box, oval or other marking area that the voter may intentionally fill in to alert the voting system that any and all undervotes on the ballot have been done so intentionally; allows the system to cast the ballot without returning an "undervote error message" to the voter.
2013-A1540 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1540 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, JAFFEE, SCHIMEL, LIFTON, CASTRO -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, CROUCH, GIGLIO, HOOPER, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the form of paper ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7-106 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 12. BALLOTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR A BOX, OVAL OR OTHER MARKING AREA, WHICH WHEN FILLED IN BY A VOTER, SHALL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE VOTING SYSTEM AS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE VOTER INDICATING THAT ANY RACES ON THE BALLOT THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERVOTED HAVE BEEN SO UNDERVOTED DELIBERATELY, AND AS SUCH, THE VOTING SYSTEM SHALL NOT PRODUCE AN UNDERVOTE ERROR NOTICE TO THE VOTER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04744-01-3
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