Senate Bill S1590

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires a system to allow the posting of candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style on the board of elections website

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A163 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A163
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10769
2013-2014: A996
2015-2016: S6522, A600
2017-2018: S4113, A267

2019-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

2019-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1590 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1590
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, BAILEY, BROOKS, KRUEGER, ORTT, SEPULVEDA --
   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 requiring  the  posting
   of sample ballots on a board of elections website

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7-118 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 157 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7-118.  Ballots; facsimile and sample. The board of elections shall
 provide facsimile and sample ballots which shall be arranged in the form
 of a diagram showing such part of the face  of  the  voting  machine  as
 shall  be  in  use at that election.   Such facsimile and sample ballots
 shall be either in full or  reduced  size  and  shall  contain  suitable
 illustrated  directions for voting on the voting machine. Such facsimile
 ballots shall be mounted and displayed for  public  inspection  at  each
 polling  place  during election day. Sample ballots may be mailed by the
 board of elections to each eligible voter at least three days before the
 election, or in lieu thereof, a  copy  of  such  sample  ballot  may  be
 published  at least once within one week preceding the election in news-
 papers representing the major political parties.  EACH COUNTY  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  SHALL TRANSMIT ELECTRONICALLY IN A FORMAT TO BE DETERMINED BY
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AS IT IS AVAILABLE, A COPY OF  THE  CANDI-
 DATE  AND  CONTEST INFORMATION CONTAINED ON EACH OF ITS BALLOT STYLES TO
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE STATE BOARD SHALL CREATE A  SYSTEM  TO
 ALLOW SUCH INFORMATION TO BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE VIA ITS WEBSITE, AS
 WELL  AS THE WEBSITE OF ANY COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND IN SUCH A WAY
 AS TO BE ACCESSIBLE WITH A COMPUTER SCREEN-READING PROGRAM. One copy  of
 such facsimile shall be sent to each school in the county, providing the
 ninth through the twelfth years of compulsory education, and in the city
 of  New  York  to each such school in the city of New York, at least one
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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