Bill Text: NY S07426 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07426 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07426-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7426 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE 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: 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
