Assembly Bill A10941

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the board of elections to provide the public with free and timely access to updated unofficial election results

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10941 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§9-126 & 9-209, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A1314

2019-A10941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to provide the public with free and timely access to updated unofficial election results.

2019-A10941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10941
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board  of
   elections to provide the public with free and timely access to updated
   unofficial election results
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  9-126  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 334 of the laws of 2013, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) The board of elections shall remain open after the  close  of  the
 polls  and  shall  receive  and  tabulate the voting results as they are
 received. The board of elections  shall  make  such  unofficial  results
 available  to the media and the state board of elections, and shall post
 running totals FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT in a public place and  on  the
 internet as the results become known to it.
   §  2.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 104 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (e)  Upon completing the casting and canvassing of ballots as hereina-
 bove provided for [any] EACH election district,  the  central  board  of
 inspectors  shall  thereupon[,  as  nearly  as practicable in the manner
 provided in this chapter for absentee ballots,]  verify  the  number  of
 ballots so cast, tally the votes so cast, add such tally to the previous
 tally  of  all  votes  cast  in such election district, and announce the
 result.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the election law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F)  UPON COMPLETING THE CASTING AND CANVASSING OF ABSENTEE, MILITARY,
 AND SPECIAL BALLOTS FOR EACH ELECTION DISTRICT, THE BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS
 SHALL  MAKE  ABSENTEE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA AND THE STATE BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS, AND SHALL POST RUNNING TOTALS FOR EACH  ELECTION  DISTRICT
 IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND ON THE INTERNET.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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