Bill Text: NY S06618 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the rejection by voting machines of ballots that contain a vote for a candidate who previously withdrew from an election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S06618 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06618-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6618

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 1, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  7-202  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph u to read as follows:
     3    u.  for elections held on or after January first, two thousand twenty-
     4  one, reject any ballot cast by a voter  which  contains  a  vote  for  a
     5  candidate  that  withdrew  his  or  her name as a candidate for election
     6  prior to such election and  whose  name  appears  on  the  ballot.  Upon
     7  rejection of such ballot, the voting machine shall provide notice to the
     8  voter  that  the  ballot has been rejected. Such notice shall also state
     9  the name of the person who is not longer a  candidate  and  a  statement
    10  that  the voter must complete a new ballot. The state board of elections
    11  is authorized to promulgate rules  and  regulations  necessary  for  the
    12  implementation of this paragraph.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.  Effective immediate-
    14  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    15  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    16  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.
                                                                   LBD13462-01-9