Bill Text: NY A01581 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the board of elections to publicly release images of all ballots following an election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - referred to election law [A01581 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A01581-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1581

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2025
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        Introduced  by M. of A. MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  publicly  releasing
          ballot images

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  7-131
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  7-131.  Ballots;  public  release  of  ballot  images. Following an
     4  election, the board of elections shall publicly release and make  avail-
     5  able  online,  images of all ballots, excluding all personal identifying
     6  information.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00200-01-5