| 1 | 1 | | <STYLE><!--U {color: Green}S {color: RED} I {color: DARKBLUE; background-color:yellow} P.brk {page-break-before:always}--></STYLE> <BASEFONT SIZE=3> <PRE WIDTH="108"> <FONT SIZE=5><B> STATE OF NEW YORK</B></FONT> ________________________________________________________________________ 6741--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions <FONT SIZE=5><B> IN ASSEMBLY</B></FONT> March 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, DINOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GLICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, JACOBSON, KELLES, LUNSFORD, MAGNARELLI, NOVAKHOV, RAGA, SHIMSKY, SIMON, TAYLOR, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots <B><U>The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-</U></B> <B><U>bly, do enact as follows:</U></B> 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7-118 of the election law, as 2 separately amended by chapters 410 and 411 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the board of elections to each 5 eligible voter at least three days before the [<B><S>election, or in lieu</S></B> 6 <B><S>thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be published at least once</S></B> 7 <B><S>within one week preceding the election in newspapers or on a website</S></B> 8 <B><S>maintained by the board of elections</S></B>] <B><U>first day of early voting</U></B>. Each 9 county board of elections shall transmit electronically in a format to 10 be determined by the state board of elections, as it is available, a 11 copy [<B><S>of the candidate and contest information contained on each of its</S></B> 12 <B><S>ballot styles</S></B>] <B><U>of a sample ballot for all election districts within that</U></B> 13 <B><U>county</U></B> to the state board of elections. [<B><S>The state board shall create a</S></B> 14 <B><S>system to allow such information to be made publicly available via its</S></B> 15 <B><S>website, as well as the website of any county board of elections, and in</S></B> 16 <B><S>such a way as to be accessible with a computer screen-reading program.</S></B>] 17 § 2. Section 7-118 of the election law is amended by adding two new 18 subdivisions 3-a and 3-b to read as follows: 19 <B><U>3-a. The state board of elections shall post a sample ballot for each</U></B> 20 <B><U>election district in the state on the board's website at least twelve</U></B> 21 <B><U>days prior to the first day of early voting. The board shall post such</U></B> EXPLANATION--Matter in <B><U>italics</U></B> (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [<B><S> </S></B>] is old law to be omitted. LBD07649-02-5 </PRE><P CLASS="brk"><PRE WIDTH="108"> A. 6741--A 2 1 <B><U>sample ballots in a searchable database which allows voters to obtain</U></B> 2 <B><U>polling site information, voter district information and a sample ballot</U></B> 3 <B><U>that such voter shall be eligible to cast at the next election. Sample</U></B> 4 <B><U>ballots shall have an embedded security tool to prevent tampering and</U></B> 5 <B><U>printing of such sample ballots.</U></B> 6 <B><U>3-b. Each county board of elections may post a sample ballot for each</U></B> 7 <B><U>election district within that county at least twelve days prior to the</U></B> 8 <B><U>first day of early voting. A county board that posts such sample ballots</U></B> 9 <B><U>shall do so in a searchable database that allows voters to obtain poll-</U></B> 10 <B><U>ing site information and a sample ballot that such voter shall be eligi-</U></B> 11 <B><U>ble to cast in the next election. Such sample ballots shall have an</U></B> 12 <B><U>embedded security tool to prevent tampering and printing of such ballot.</U></B> 13 <B><U>Such county board of elections may also refer to the state board of</U></B> 14 <B><U>elections' website for such information to be delivered pursuant to</U></B> 15 <B><U>subdivision three-a of this section.</U></B> 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. |
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