Bill Text: NY A04062 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the board 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.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A04062 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04062-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4062

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        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:

     1    Section  1.  Section  7-118 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. The board of elections shall post a sample ballot for each election
     4  district in the state on the board's website at least twelve days  prior
     5  to  the  first  day  of  early  voting. The board shall post such sample
     6  ballots in a searchable database which allows voters  to  put  in  their
     7  name,  address  and date of birth and then provides the voter with their
     8  polling place information, voter information, voter district information
     9  and a sample of the ballot such voter will be eligible to  cast  at  the
    10  next  election.  Sample  ballots shall have an embedded security tool to
    11  prevent tampering and printing of such sample ballots.
    12    § 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