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Jun 04, 2018 |
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Senate Bill S8371
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
2017-S8371 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §9-212, El L
2017-S8371 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the publication of certified copies of election results; requires all determinations by county canvassing boards to be in writing and signed by the members of the canvassing board or a majority of them and filed and recorded in the office of the board of elections.
2017-S8371 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8371 SPONSOR: AKSHAR TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the publication of certified copies of election results PURPOSE: This bill eliminates the requirement that certified copies of election results be published in certain legal ads. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 9-212(2) of the election law to eliminate the requirement that certified copies of election results be published in certain legal ads. Section 2 is the effective date.
2017-S8371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8371 I N S E N A T E May 3, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AKSHAR -- 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 publication of certified copies of election results THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 9-212 of the election law, as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 2. All such determinations shall be in writing and signed by the members of the canvassing board or a majority of them and filed and recorded in the office of the board of elections. [Except in the city of New York and in the counties of Nassau, Orange and Westchester, the board of elections shall cause a copy of such determinations, and of the statements filed in its office upon which such determinations were based, to be published once in each of the newspapers designated to publish election notices and the official canvass. The statement of canvass to be published, however, shall not give the vote by election districts but shall contain only the total vote for a person, or the total vote for and the total vote against a ballot proposal, cast within the county, or within the portion thereof, if any, in which an office is filled or ballot proposal is decided by the voters if the canvass of the vote thereon devolves upon the county board of canvassers. Such totals shall be expressed in arabic numerals.] § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15528-01-8
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