Assembly Bill A8377

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires boards of elections and bipartisan committees to hand count ballots cast in elections where the difference is 10 or less votes or .5%

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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-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1833
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-208, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3692
2017-2018: S3478
2021-2022: A5143

2019-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires boards of elections and bipartisan committees to hand count ballots during recanvass of any ballots cast in election for a position where the difference between the candidates is 10 or less votes, or .5% of the ballots cast for such position, whichever shall be greater.

2019-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8377
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to requiring the hand
   counting of all ballots cast in an election for a  position  in  which
   the  difference  in the ballots cast for the candidates for such posi-
   tion is ten or less votes or .5 percent of votes  cast,  whichever  is
   greater
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 9-208 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  IF  UPON  THE  ORIGINAL  CANVASS  OF THE RESULTS OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR PRIMARY ELECTION THE  DIFFERENCE  IN  BALLOTS  CAST  FOR  THE
 CANDIDATES  FOR  ANY POSITION IS TEN OR LESS VOTES, OR .5 PERCENT OF THE
 BALLOTS CAST FOR SUCH POSITION, WHICHEVER SHALL BE GREATER;  THE  RECAN-
 VASS  OF  BALLOTS CAST FOR SUCH POSITION, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION, SHALL REQUIRE THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR BIPARTISAN COMMIT-
 TEE TO COUNT ALL BALLOTS CAST FOR SUCH POSITION BY HAND, INCLUDING THOSE
 BALLOTS SCANNED BY A BALLOT SCANNER.
   § 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 elections conducted on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03999-01-9

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