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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to ballots that contain
   the name of a candidate who previously withdrew from an election
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph s and t of subdivision 1 of section 7-202 of the
 election law, as added by chapter 181 of the laws of 2005,  are  amended
 and a new paragraph u is added to read as follows:
   s.  permit alternative language accessibility pursuant to the require-
 ments of section 203 of  the  Voting  Rights  Act  of  1965  (42  U.S.C.
 1973aa-1a)  such  that  it  must  have  the capacity to display the full
 ballot in the alternative  languages  required  by  the  federal  Voting
 Rights  Act  if  such  voting machine or system is to be used where such
 alternative languages are required or where the local board  deems  such
 feature necessary; [and]
   t.  not  include  any  device  or functionality potentially capable of
 externally transmitting or receiving data via the internet or via  radio
 waves or via other wireless means[.]; AND
   U.  FOR ELECTIONS HELD ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 SEVEN, REJECT ANY BALLOT CAST BY A VOTER WHICH CONTAINS  A  VOTE  FOR  A
 CANDIDATE  THAT  WITHDREW  SUCH  CANDIDATE'S  NAME  AS  A  CANDIDATE FOR
 ELECTION PRIOR TO SUCH ELECTION AND WHOSE NAME APPEARS  ON  THE  BALLOT.
 UPON  REJECTION  OF SUCH BALLOT, THE VOTING MACHINE SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE
 TO THE VOTER THAT THE BALLOT HAS BEEN REJECTED. SUCH NOTICE  SHALL  ALSO
 STATE  THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO IS NOT LONGER A CANDIDATE AND A STATE-
 MENT THAT THE VOTER MUST COMPLETE A  NEW  BALLOT.  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027. Effective  immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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