Bill Text: NY S05546 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the use of lever voting systems at a referendum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S05546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05546-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5546
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 1, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the use of  lever  voting
         machines at a nonbinding bonding referendum
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the county law, as  amended
    2  by chapter 431 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:
    3    2.  The  board  of  elections  shall  cause any such proposition to be
    4  submitted to the qualified electors of the county in the manner provided
    5  in the election law. The method and manner  of  submission,  preparation
    6  and  provision  of  ballots  and  ballot labels, use of voting machines,
    7  qualification  of  voters,  correcting  registers,  and  conducting  the
    8  election,  canvassing  the result and making and filing the returns, and
    9  all other procedure with reference to the submission of any such  propo-
   10  sition,  shall be the same as in the case of any other proposition to be
   11  submitted to the electors of a county at a general or  special  election
   12  as provided by law.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR
   13  REGULATION  TO THE CONTRARY, AT A NONBINDING BONDING REFERENDUM, THE USE
   14  OF VOTING MACHINES SHALL INCLUDE THE USE OF LEVER VOTING MACHINES.  WHEN
   15  USING  VOTING MACHINES AS DESCRIBED IN TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
   16  ELECTION LAW, SUCH VOTING MACHINES SHALL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE
   17  PROVISIONS  CONTAINED  IN  ARTICLE  NINE  OF THE ELECTION LAW. PROVIDED,
   18  HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO  REQUIRE
   19  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO MAINTAIN THE CARE, CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF LEVER
   20  VOTING MACHINES. If a majority of the votes cast on any such proposition
   21  shall be in the affirmative, the resolution shall be approved.
   22    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply only to a
   23  nonbinding bonding referendum occurring before September 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11872-01-1