Senate Bill S7426

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-S7426 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L

2023-S7426 - Summary

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

2023-S7426 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7426 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7426
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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 board  of
   elections to post sample ballots
 
   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 is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL POST A SAMPLE BALLOT FOR EACH ELECTION
 DISTRICT  IN THE STATE ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE AT LEAST TWELVE DAYS PRIOR
 TO THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  POST  SUCH  SAMPLE
 BALLOTS  IN  A  SEARCHABLE  DATABASE WHICH ALLOWS VOTERS TO PUT IN THEIR
 NAME, ADDRESS AND DATE OF BIRTH AND THEN PROVIDES THE VOTER  WITH  THEIR
 POLLING PLACE INFORMATION, VOTER INFORMATION, VOTER DISTRICT INFORMATION
 AND  A  SAMPLE  OF THE BALLOT SUCH VOTER WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO CAST AT THE
 NEXT ELECTION. SAMPLE BALLOTS SHALL HAVE AN EMBEDDED  SECURITY  TOOL  TO
 PREVENT TAMPERING AND PRINTING OF SUCH SAMPLE BALLOTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03384-01-3

2023-S7426A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-118, El L

2023-S7426A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

2023-S7426A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7426A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7426--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections  --  recommitted
   to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
   -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
   tee   on  Finance  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  requiring  state  and
   county boards of elections to post sample ballots
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 7-118 of  the  election  law,  as
 separately  amended  by  chapters  410  and  411 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   3. 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 newspapers or on a website
 maintained by the board of elections] FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING.    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 candidate and contest information contained on each of its
 ballot styles] OF A SAMPLE BALLOT FOR ALL ELECTION DISTRICTS WITHIN THAT
 COUNTY 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.]
   § 2. Section 7-118 of the election law is amended by  adding  two  new
 subdivisions 3-a and 3-b to read as follows:
   3-A.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  POST  A SAMPLE BALLOT FOR EACH
 ELECTION DISTRICT IN THE STATE ON THE BOARD'S WEBSITE  AT  LEAST  TWELVE
 DAYS  PRIOR  TO THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. THE BOARD SHALL POST SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03384-07-4

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